Currently, Pantheon does not use CDNs. I could certainly benefit from them if the site has large static content, but this is such a site-specific case that I doubt it will be added to Pantheon anytime soon. One could certainly add it on a case-by-case basis.
Posted by webbroidrupal on September 18, 2013 at 10:31pm
Why use a CDN on Pantheon?
So you've got your Drupal site on Pantheon and its running lightning fast but you're still not satisfied. What else can be done to improve the speed of your site? Employ a CDN of course!
By adding a CDN to your "stack", you can help to minimize physical latency associated with long-travelling data packets and improve the speed of delivery and thus the time it takes to load a page.
Streaming ability on Pantheon is limited. We recommend using a CDN to deliver streaming content. The same principle applies to large media files; we highly recommend delivering the files via CDN.
One of the strongest arguments for using a CDN is the concept of "the edge". The edge represents the point of presence closest to the physical location of the requester. With the use of smart caching technologies and/or clever routing, the requested data can be served closer to the requester from the edge, whereas traditionally the data may have been served from origin, a location that could be halfway across the world.
How to Setup a CDN on Pantheon
Installing the CDN module
The CDN module, located on drupal.org, allows for easy CDN integration; basically, the module "alters file URL's so that files are downloaded from a CDN instead of your web server.";
Drupal 7
The module can be installed via the admin interface or you can use Drush to install the module view CLI.
You can use the following command to install the CDN module:
drush dl cdn
To enable the module, use the following Drush command:
drush pm-enable cdn -y
You can check the Drupal admin interface to see that the module is enabled:
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re: Pantheon and CDNs?
Currently, Pantheon does not use CDNs. I could certainly benefit from them if the site has large static content, but this is such a site-specific case that I doubt it will be added to Pantheon anytime soon. One could certainly add it on a case-by-case basis.
Greg
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Greg Coit
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http://www.chapterthree.com
Thanks Greg. I wasn't
Thanks Greg. I wasn't recommending it for Pantheon, just curious if they were even compatible due to the inner workings of Varnish, Pressflow, etc.
Has anyone out there set up Pantheon with a CDN? Would love to hear your experience.
Absolutely; it is a perfect
Absolutely; it is a perfect match, esp. with origin pull CDNs like Amazon's CloudFront and the excellent CDN module by Wim Leers.
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Tomáš J. Fülöpp
http://twitter.com/vacilandois
Pantheon and (CDN) Content Delivery Network
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Pantheon and (CDN) Content Delivery Network
Why use a CDN on Pantheon?
So you've got your Drupal site on Pantheon and its running lightning fast but you're still not satisfied. What else can be done to improve the speed of your site? Employ a CDN of course!
By adding a CDN to your "stack", you can help to minimize physical latency associated with long-travelling data packets and improve the speed of delivery and thus the time it takes to load a page.
Streaming ability on Pantheon is limited. We recommend using a CDN to deliver streaming content. The same principle applies to large media files; we highly recommend delivering the files via CDN.
One of the strongest arguments for using a CDN is the concept of "the edge". The edge represents the point of presence closest to the physical location of the requester. With the use of smart caching technologies and/or clever routing, the requested data can be served closer to the requester from the edge, whereas traditionally the data may have been served from origin, a location that could be halfway across the world.
How to Setup a CDN on Pantheon
Installing the CDN module
The CDN module, located on drupal.org, allows for easy CDN integration; basically, the module "alters file URL's so that files are downloaded from a CDN instead of your web server.";
Drupal 7
The module can be installed via the admin interface or you can use Drush to install the module view CLI.
You can use the following command to install the CDN module:
drush dl cdn
To enable the module, use the following Drush command:
drush pm-enable cdn -y
You can check the Drupal admin interface to see that the module is enabled:
More Source Info Here: http://helpdesk.getpantheon.com/customer/portal/articles/733395-pantheon-cdn.