Hello Amira,
The TRLN libraries license Syndetics content for use with our Endeca
systems. And you are right that historically the demand on the
Syndetics servers has been so high as to cause exceptional latency,
especially for cover images. In March of this year Syndetics began
using a content delivery network to cache cover images. This places the
images "closer to our servers" and decreases the number of requests that
the Syndetics servers actually have to serve. We've seen significant
improvements in response time for all Syndetics requests, including
cover images, since they implemented the CDN.
Hope this helps,
Derek
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Amira Aaron wrote:
> At Brandeis we're working with VuFind as a possible NextGen catalog
> interface. We know that in the past there were concerns with speed in
> loading cover images from Syndetic Solutions. Are libraries still
> experiencing problems with this? With Amazon tightening up on the use
> of cover images, do you have other solutions to suggest? Thanks for
> your help. Amira
>
Received on Tue Jun 02 2009 - 10:30:17 EDT