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F5 Distributed Cloud Content Delivery Network

F5 Distributed Cloud Content Delivery Network (CDN) delivers ultra-low-latency web content and static asset distribution through F5’s globally distributed Edge Points of Presence (PoPs).

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| CDN Caching Architecture |
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| End User Client |
| | |
| v |
| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
| | Anycast Edge PoP: TCP Termination, TLS Offload, HTTP/2 & HTTP/3 | |
| +---------------------------------+---------------------------------+ |
| | |
| +--------------------------+--------------------------+ |
| | Cache Hit | Cache |
| | | Miss |
| v v |
| +-----------------------------+ +---------------------+ |
| | Immediate Edge Delivery | | Origin Shield PoP | |
| | (X-Cache: HIT) | +----------+----------+ |
| +-----------------------------+ | |
| v |
| +---------------------+ |
| | Customer Origin VM /| |
| | Cloud Backend | |
| +---------------------+ |
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Global Anycast Routing

Routes requests to the geographically nearest Edge PoP with automatic failover.

Origin Shielding

Consolidates cache misses across global edge PoPs into a regional shield to minimize origin load.

Custom Cache Keys

Customize cache partitioning based on query parameters, request headers, or cookie values.

Instant Cache Purge

Purge cache globally in seconds by URL, wildcard prefix, or surrogate cache tags.