The History of Multi-CDN
Using multiple CDNs at once is now a common strategy for large platforms. Known as Multi-CDN , it provides resilience, global reach, and performance tuning beyond what any single provider can guarantee. This article traces the history of Multi-CDN, from early experiments with failover to modern platforms that automate real-time traffic steering across many networks. Early beginnings: redundancy and failover The first Multi-CDN setups in the early 2000s were crude but effective. Enterprises with global audiences, especially in media and finance, sometimes contracted with more than one provider. Typically, they designated a “primary” CDN and configured a “backup” to handle traffic if the main service failed. ...