What are typical bottlenecks in CloudFront and how to remove them?

Discover common bottlenecks in CloudFront and effective strategies to eliminate them, ensuring an optimized content delivery experience for users.

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Common bottlenecks in CloudFront include:

  • Origin Latency: Delays from your origin server can affect overall performance. Consider utilizing multiple origins or increasing the origin's capacity.
  • Cache Misses: High cache miss rates lead to increased load on the origin server. Optimize your cache control headers and implement versioning techniques.
  • Insufficient Cache Behavior Configurations: Improper settings for cache behaviors can hinder performance. Fine-tune settings such as TTL values and path patterns.
  • Large Object Size: Large files can slow down delivery. Use appropriate compression and optimization strategies for assets.

Example of improving CloudFront caching strategies:

<?php // AWS SDK for PHP - Example of setting cache control headers header("Cache-Control: max-age=3600, public"); // Other application logic goes here ?>

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