There was a time when doing a Website Load Test for a client using a Content Distribution Network (CDN) was an infrequent activity, but these days it’s a common occurrence. There are more CDN suppliers of course, the newer ones such as MaxCDN, the traditional big names like Akamai and LimeLight, and some Datacentres such as UKFast offer CDN services directly to clients themselves.
Over the years of testing websites using Clouds and Content Distribution Networks there are a number of pitfalls that we’ve seen organisations struggle with, so it’s nice now to be able to provide some tips to help people get the best from this sort of load test.
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