subject: What is a Content Delivery Network or CDN? [print this page] The last thing I would like to point out about using Content Delivery Networks is that the 'Point of origin' servers can be your company's servers in your company's server farm. They do not have to be a CDN server. This practice is not recommended by most CDN's as it is more likely to be your company's server that is down or experiencing connection issues rather than a CDN server. The one advantage of having your own 'Point of origin' server is it does allow you to maintain local backups of your content should you need to.
