Per-Entity Metadata Working Group

[Rhys Smith <>]

By the way, if anyone wants to try a CDN version of the UK fed distribution 
service (not particularly exciting, I must admit), I already have one set up 
using the Azure CDN. I haven’t yet got our tooling to send a purge command to 
manually refresh the CDN on publication of a new set of aggregates; it’s easy 
to do, I just haven’t had time yet. Will be doing that soon then having a 
more thorough play with it.

http://ukf-md-cdn.azureedge.net

Rhys.
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> On 10 Aug 2016, at 19:22, Nick Roy 
> <>
>  wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Aug 10, 2016, at 12:12 PM, Cantor, Scott 
>> <>
>>  wrote:
>> 
>>> I think there would have to be some real benefit (not just experience
>>> gained) before we would consider doing that. From where I sit, the
>>> current distribution method Just Works (TM) so I have to turn around
>>> and ask InCommon deployers: Is there something about the current
>>> distribution method that is suboptimal or not working for you (apart
>>> from the size of the aggregate of course)?
>> 
>> I don't think the point was to help us (and nobody is suggesting the URL 
>> would change), so if Ops doesn't think incorporating a cloud/CDN delivery 
>> strategy under cover of a name controlled by InCommon is a useful step for 
>> its own MDQ direction-setting, I don't think any of us would motivate it.
> 
> Well, I just found out from Tom last week that TSG is planning an upgrade 
> to the Ann Arbor network, in part motivated by the "storm" of network 
> traffic that our metadata updates cause when clients fetch a new aggregate 
> each business day.  In that regard, trying out a CDN would probably help 
> alleviate our demand on at least that one network.  It would also gain us 
> operational experience working with a CDN service.  If I had my 'drothers, 
> I would have two new ops staff already hired who would be part of this and 
> gain operational knowledge from it.  I don't think that will happen until 
> later this year or next, so if IJ and others in TSG think they might be 
> able to get some useful experience out of this, and that it would help with 
> the network issue or in other ways, I'd be in support.
> 
> Nick
> 
>> -- Scott
>> 
>

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