Vary Cache on Cookie Value
Varying the cache on a specific cookie value is a powerful way to cache personalised content. Many CDNs consider this an enterprise feature, but it's essential for modern dynamic websites.
Content and Origin Mounting
Content/Origin mounting allows you to seamlessly bring content together from multiple sources, on to your main website.
Consistent Hash with Bounded Loads
An overview of consistent hashing with bounded loads, an advanced load balancing technique that ensures a more even distribution of keys across servers, preventing overload and improving system stability.
Locality Sensitive Hashing
An introduction to Locality Sensitive Hashing (LSH) and its application in load balancing, including consistent hashing and its use in CDNs and Google's Maglev for efficient server pool management.
Multi-Origin Load Balancing
Websites with a global audience need more than just a traditional CDN. They need geographic multi origin load balancing.
The Death of JPEG-XL
We bid farewell to JPEG-XL after its abrupt deprecation by Google, reinforcing the tech giant's domineering influence over the web and sparking a call for resilient alternatives.
Automatic Image Optimisation
Image optimisation saves you bandwidth and designer effort while reduces page load time.
AVIF Support For Automatic Image Optimisation
AVIF is a next generation image format with early support in Chrome and Firefox. Peakhour is pleased to offer AVIF as a supported format to our clients.
Instant Alerts
Introducing Instant Alerts, a new feature for receiving emails or SMS alerts when events happen on your site.