Handling long-tail content in a content delivery network (cdn)

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H04L 29/02 (2006.01)

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CA 2720353

A content delivery network has at least a first tier of servers. A content delivery method includes, at a first server in the first tier or servers, obtaining a request from a client for a resource. If the resource is available at the first server or at a peer of the first server, then the resource is served to the client from the first server. Otherwise, it is determined whether the resource is popular, and if the resource is determined to be popular, then the first server obtains the resource and the first server serves the resource to the client. If the resource is determined not to be popular, the client is directed to a second server, not in the first tier of servers, and the second server serves the resource to the client. The second server may be in a second tier of servers or it may be an origin server.

Selon l'invention, un réseau de diffusion de contenus comporte au moins un premier niveau de serveurs. Un procédé de diffusion de contenus comprend, dans un premier serveur du premier niveau de serveurs, l'obtention d'une demande provenant d'un client pour une ressource. Si la ressource est disponible au niveau du premier serveur ou d'un homologue du premier serveur, la ressource est servie au client depuis le premier serveur. Sinon, il est déterminé si la ressource est très demandée, et si la ressource est déterminée comme étant très demandée, le premier serveur obtient la ressource et le premier serveur sert la ressource au client. Si la ressource est déterminée comme n'étant pas très demandée, le client est orienté vers un second serveur, absent du premier niveau de serveurs, et le second serveur sert la ressource au client. Le second serveur peut être dans un second niveau de serveurs ou il peut être un serveur d'origine.

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