If you used one server it would be a static asset server not a CDN.
CDN's have the benefit of being all throughout the world so you get the benefit that the CDN will serve the asset from the closest physical location to the user. Also your assets are redundantly stored in separate locations.
Amazon s3 is too easy not to just use it. Even something as huge as dropbox essentially runs on s3. I'd say use s3 until you can't use s3 anymore.
Ah, I understand. Thanks for the education, people! Can't wait to put this into action for my clients and future projects. Now time to check into S3...
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CDN = content delivery network.
If you used one server it would be a static asset server not a CDN.
CDN's have the benefit of being all throughout the world so you get the benefit that the CDN will serve the asset from the closest physical location to the user. Also your assets are redundantly stored in separate locations.
Amazon s3 is too easy not to just use it. Even something as huge as dropbox essentially runs on s3. I'd say use s3 until you can't use s3 anymore.
Ah, I understand. Thanks for the education, people! Can't wait to put this into action for my clients and future projects. Now time to check into S3...