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are examples of CDNs. The purpose of a CDN is to remove the load of static
file requests from web servers that are handling dynamic web content. For
example, if you have an nginx server that handles both static files and
acts as a front for a Green Unicorn WSGI server on a 512 megabyte
virtual private server, the nginx server will run into resource
constraints under heavy traffic. A CDN can remove the need to serve static
assets from that nginx server so it can purely act as a pass through for
requests to the Green Unicorn WSGI server.</p>
<p>CDNs send content responses from data centers with the closest proximity to the requester.</p>
<h2>Static Content Resources</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<p><ahref="http://blog.iambob.me/the-super-stupid-idiots-guide-to-getting-started-with-django-pipeline-and-s3/">The super stupid idiot's guide to getting started with Django, Pipeline, and S3</a>
shows how to host static content on S3 and use those files with Django.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><ahref="http://blog.doismellburning.co.uk/2012/07/14/using-amazon-s3-to-host-your-django-static-files/">Using Amazon S3 to host your Django static files</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><ahref="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/CDNsFailButYourScriptsDontHaveToFallbackFromCDNToLocalJQuery.aspx">CDNs fail, but your scripts don't have to</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><ahref="http://django-storages.readthedocs.org/en/latest/">django-storages</a> is
a Django library for managing static and media files on services such as
Amazon S3 and other content delivery networks.</p>
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