In latest versions we have experienced a great increase in the number and size of downloads worldwide, this has affected to some users, especially those who are located far from Europe (where Web Server is located).
Now, licensed users will download new versions using a better and faster CDN. Amazon AWS has been selected to deliver download files and 2 services to handle this:
- Amazon S3 to host files
- Amazon CloudFront to serve files worldwide
Amazon S3
Amazon S3 is an object storage service where you can host static files.
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon CloudFront is a fast content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos and applications to customers globally with low latency and high transfer speeds.
The Amazon CloudFront content delivery network (CDN) is massively scaled and globally distributed. The CloudFront network has 191 POPs (180 edge locations, and 11 Regional Edge Caches) in 73 cities across 33 countries, and leverages the highly-resilient private backbone network for superior performance and availability for your end users.