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CDN provides lots of advantages but it has some drawbacks too. But those drawbacks are not
major issues when the benefits are considered. The disadvantages include the following points.265
Content Delivery Network
15.6.1 New Points of Failure
The content delivery network system creates a new point of failure along the delivery chain. Any
content provider starts to depend heavily on the content delivery network service for content
delivery task. If a CDN service provider fails for some reason, the content provider also suffers.
15.6.2 Additional Content Management Task
Content provider who uses outsourced CDN service must manage content through the CDN
provider’s facility instead of directly managing the same. Any modification of content must
follow the CDN service provider’s policy. Hence the content providers have to be careful about
this additional task.
CDN provides lots of advantages but it has some drawbacks too. But those drawbacks are not
major issues when the benefits are considered. The disadvantages include the following points.265
Content Delivery Network
15.6.1 New Points of Failure
The content delivery network system creates a new point of failure along the delivery chain. Any
content provider starts to depend heavily on the content delivery network service for content
delivery task. If a CDN service provider fails for some reason, the content provider also suffers.
15.6.2 Additional Content Management Task
Content provider who uses outsourced CDN service must manage content through the CDN
provider’s facility instead of directly managing the same. Any modification of content must
follow the CDN service provider’s policy. Hence the content providers have to be careful about
this additional task.