Snap Inc. uses Amazon CloudFront Origin Shield to improve download and upload latency
Networking & Content Delivery Blog
This article describes how Snap Inc. used Amazon CloudFront Origin Shield to improve content delivery performance for Snapchat users globally.
- CloudFront Origin Shield reduced upload latency by up to 30% for distant users
- Cache-miss download latency decreased by up to 15% with Origin Shield enabled
- Origin Shield consolidates multiple requests into single origin request via request collapsing
- Persistent TCP connections reduce round-trip time and improve connection reuse
- Implementation required zero coding and zero architectural changes
- Snap enabled Origin Shield in US East (N. Virginia) Region closest to S3 origin
- Solution provides additional caching layer between Regional Edge Caches and origin
CloudFront Origin Shield offers a simple, cost-effective way to improve CDN performance for geographically distant users without redesigning infrastructure.
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