ReferenceGlossary
Tiered caching
A CDN setup where edge locations ask a smaller set of regional or upper-tier caches before the origin. Edges share what the upper tier holds, so the hit rate rises, and fewer requests reach the origin.
Network
In Quorum#
The Tiered caching Research (after Content delivery) makes CDN edges ask a regional tier before your origin. It raises the share of media requests that a CDN answers from 75% to 92% at the default TTL. Video that the CDN answers does not load your App Servers and is billed at the cheaper edge Egress price.
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Cache hit rate, CDN (content delivery network), Egress, Cache-aside