An overview of Alibaba Cloud's Content Delivery Network, its features, node distribution, advantages and usage scenarios.
The document introduces Alibaba Cloud CDN (Content Delivery Network), describing its distributed edge node architecture, caching mechanisms, intelligent scheduling, and integration with other Alibaba Cloud services such as OSS and ECS. It explains how content is published to edge nodes and delivered to users with high performance and low latency.
It also outlines the service’s advantages—stable fast network, extensive domestic and overseas node coverage, pay‑as‑you‑go or prepaid billing, self‑service console, API integration, and comprehensive monitoring—plus typical use cases like website acceleration, video streaming, large file download, and mobile app content delivery. This manual is written in Chinese.
| Domestic nodes | ≈500 |
|---|---|
| Overseas nodes | 30+ |
| Node bandwidth per node | 40Gbps+ |
| Node storage per node | 40TB (up to 1.5PB total) |
Alibaba Cloud CDN has approximately 500 domestic nodes.
Each CDN node provides a bandwidth of 40Gbps or higher.
Each node offers 40TB of storage, with a total capacity of up to 1.5PB.