Optimized content distribution based on metrics derived from the end user

摘要

Some embodiments provide systems and methods for determining a server of a distributed hosting system to optimally distribute content to an end user. The method includes identifying an IP address of the end user. Based on the IP address, a set of servers send packets to the end user to derive performance metrics. The performance metrics are used to determine a server from the set of servers that optimally distributes content to the end user. The method modifies a configuration for resolving end user requests such that the optimal server is identified to the end user when the end user requests content from the hosting system. Some embodiments determine the optimal server by providing downloadable content that is embedded with a monitoring tool. The monitoring tool causes the end user to derive performance metrics for the hosting system when downloading a particular object from a set of servers.

主权项

1. A method for optimizing content delivery performance from a particular site of a content delivery network (CDN) comprising a plurality of servers, the method comprising:
with at least one server of the particular site comprising a processor:
receiving a request for content from a particular end user;selecting according to a CDN configuration, a first network route from a plurality of network routes that provides a best performing path from the particular site to the particular end user;providing said content from the particular site to the particular end user over the first network route, said content comprising a monitoring tool which when processed by the particular end user causes the particular end user to download a common downloadable object from the particular site over each of the plurality of network routes;receiving from the particular end user, metrics measuring performance in delivering the common downloadable object over each of the plurality of network routes to the particular end user; andmodifying the CDN configuration by specifying a second different network route of the plurality of network routes instead of the first network route as the best performing path to the end user when said metrics indicate that the second route provides better performance than the first route.