Brightbox CDN
Accelerate delivery of your web content across the globe with zero hassle and minimal cost using the Brightbox CDN (Content Delivery Network) service.
We’ve partnered with CDNetworks – a global leader in CDN technologies – to provide Brightbox customers with an easy, scalable and reliable way to dramatically accelerate performance of their web applications.
The service works by seamlessly delivering static content (e.g images, css and javascript) to your website visitors from a high performance “edge” cache server nearest to their geographic location.
Global network
The network of global cache servers consists of 45 Points of Presence (POPs) located in 23 cities, with multiple nodes at each POP.
| Locations: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | Madrid | New York | San Francisco | Los Angeles | Hong Kong |
| Paris | Stockholm | Chicago | Dallas | Atlanta | Seoul |
| Amsterdam | Milan | Miami | Seattle | Tokyo | Sydney |
| Frankfurt | Washington DC | San Jose | Denver | Singapore |
Pricing
Pricing for the Brightbox CDN service is both competitive and flexible! Either choose the Pay-as-you-go option and pay for only what you use2 or choose a 12 month commit and benefit from further discounted pricing.
| Commit 1 | Price per GB 2 |
|---|---|
| None (Pay-as-you-go) | £0.25 |
| 1TB/month | £0.21 |
| 10TB/month | £0.18 |
| 100TB/month | £0.15 |
| 500TB/month | (negotiable) |
1 Overages are billed at 10% above commit pricing.
2 Minimum charge of £30/month plus one-off setup fee of £30 per CDN domain.
Why use the Brightbox Content Delivery Network?
- Easy to implement
Works with Rails asset helpers – in most cases you just need to add one line to your environment config - Fast global delivery
Visitors in other countries will be served files from their nearest (or fastest) regional cache - Works with other file storage systems
Brightbox CDN will also work in front of other file storage systems, including Amazon S3 - Reduce bandwidth costs
Assets are served to visitors from the CDN caches reducing your Brightbox bandwidth costs - Flexible & attractive pricing
Choose a pricing method that suits your needs, either Pay-as-you-go or a 12 month commit
CDN Q & A
How does the CDN work with my application?
In most cases, you’ll simply need to set your application’s asset host to your CDN domain:
ActionController::Base.asset_host = "http://assets%d.<appname>.brightcdn.com"Do I need to make changes to my Brightbox servers?
The CDN requires that your server outputs the correct HTTP headers, check out the CDN Wiki page for more details. Your Brightbox should be already configured correctly, but we can assist you with any changes required.
How do we flush old objects from the cache?
As the CDN works with Rails’ asset helpers, there’s no real need to flush old objects from the cache. If the original file changes, then Rails will update the asset timestamp, invalidating the old url.
All my traffic comes from Europe – is it worth me using the CDN?
Yes, especially if you serve lots of static files.
Getting started
To get started, Login to your Brightbox account and request the Brightbox CDN service from “Extra Services”. We’ll then get in touch with you to arrange setup of the service.
If you have any questions or need further information, please get in touch and we’ll be happy to help.
