• What is midgress traffic and what are the factors that contributes to Midgress traffic being higher than Edge and Origin traffic in Akamai?

  Midgress traffic is the requests/responses which happen between two edge servers. There can be several reasons/factors that may contribute to higher midgress traffic namely: Image Manager: Traffic from Edge to the midtier server is considered Midgress traffic between The traffic from image Servers to origin to fetch the original image was earlier classified as Midgress, but it is since automatically being waived in the billing system. Tiered Distribution: response traffic betweenSome readers

• Cache prefresh/refresh - Akamai

  Refresh cached content early, before its time to live expires, so end users will not have to wait for a response from the origin. If a client requests an object after the asynchronous refresh begins—but before the time to live expires—the Edge Server will continue to serve the older object to the client until its time to live expires or the Edge Server receives the refreshed object from the origin. To use Cache Prefreshing: Set the slider to the percentage of an object’s time-to-lFew readers

• Origin Offload - Akamai

  You should typically see a higher value for Edge server bandwidth. This represents content already accessed from your origin, held in cache, and delivered (quicker) to end users—versus requests to access new content from your origin, that is not yet in cache. This is referred to as “Origin Offload”.Few readers

• Bandwidth usage - Akamai

  The total bandwidth usage at all the servers, including the following: Edge. The total number of megabytes transferred between the Edge to the end-user. Overhead bytes are included. Midgress. Total object bytes transferred from one Edge server to another Edge Server. This includes prefetched content and inter-media format fragments. Origin. The total number of bytes, including overhead bytes, transferred from the origin to the Edge server. This includes NetStorage and “Your” (custFew readers

• Offload Volume - Akamai

  This is the percentage of bytes delivered from Akamai Edge servers versus the bytes delivered from an origin server. It includes both NetStorage and “Your” (custom) origins. This is calculated as follows: (Edge Volume – Ingress Volume) / Edge Volume * 100. You should typically see a higher value for Edge server traffic. This represents content already accessed from your origin, held in cache, and delivered (quicker) to end users—versus requests to access new content from your origin, that is noFew readers

• How to enable secure token for Akamai CDN?

  Applying a secure token to the CDN URLs will decrease leaching, and provide more secure access to your CDN resources by switching off access after a specified time period. When Secure Token is enabled your content may be downloaded only if a request contains a hash key. Secure Token protects your content from unwanted downloads. A tokenized URL looks like https://example.5centscdn.com/demo.stream/playlist.m3u8?hdnts=exp=1614564664~acl=/token/demo.stream/*~hmac=42b4464b2bb90639a2c3bd444501bb7fFew readers

• Hits - Akamai

  Information on the number of hits per second on target media, including the following: Edge. All hits to the Edge servers from end users. Midgress. Includes hits from Edge Servers to other Edge Servers. This includes prefetched content and inter-media format fragments. Origin. All hits from the Edge server to origin, this includes NetStorage and “Your” (custom) origins.Few readers

• Offload Hits - Akamai

  Percentage of hits from the Edge Servers as compared to the hits from the origin server, including NetStorage and “Your” (custom) origins. This is calculated as follows: (Edge Hits – Ingress Hits) /Edge Hits * 100.Few readers

• How-to add the Akamai Debug Header Extension to Chrome in four steps?

  The idea of this article is to assist our customers in adding the Akamai debug headers to Chrome is a few steps, since as you may know these headers are very useful when troubleshooting stale content issues or connectivity issues.Last Published Date12/3/2018 12:09 PM Applies To Description The idea of this article is to assist you in adding the Akamai debug headers to Chrome in a few steps.Procedure Bulleted steps. Include caveats. Step 1. On a Google browser search for akamai debug headersFew readers

• Before and after adding Akamai debug headers

  How did I came up with the before and after screen shot? Accessed the web page that is being accelerated using Akamai, on Chrome Right click and select INSPECT Select NETWORK Selected an web asset! In this example I selected: AkamaiWave?v=1 (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/a9f1387ca0b3c8Few readers

• Traceroutes, mtrs, pings, other ICMP to a IPA/SXL VIP contain misleading information - Akamai

  Traceroutes, mtrs, pings, other ICMP to a IPA/SXL VIP contain misleading informationURL NameTraceroutes-mtrs-pings-other-ICMP-to-a-IPA-SXL-VIP-contain-misleading-information-1386938232802SummaryLast Published Date12/13/2013 4:37 AMQuestionWhy does a traceroute/mtr/ping to an IPA/SXL VIP show a very strange long route/ping time?Answer A traceroute, or a ping, or other ICMP packet sent to an Akamai IPA/SXL VIP would not accurately represent the route between the user and the corresponding AkamaiFew readers

• Bandwidth - Akamai

  The total bandwidth usage at all the servers, including the following: Edge. Total number of megabytes transferred between the Edge to the end user. Overhead bytes are included. Midgress. Total object bytes transferred from one Edge server to another Edge server. This includes prefetched content and inter-media format fragments. Origin. Total number of bytes, including overhead bytes, transferred from the origin to the Edge server. This includes NetStorage and “Your” (custoFew readers

• How to send us the Akamai debug header?

  Follow this article before copying the response, click here!Few readers

• Tiered Distribution - Akamai

  Before going to your to origin web server, Tiered Distribution sends cache misses from the Akamai edge server to a smaller set of distributed Akamai servers. The concentration of requests there greatly increases the cache hit percentage and minimizes the number of Akamai server requests that go back to your origin web server. Simply put, Tiered Distribution increases content delivery speed, helps offload your web servers, and reduces the load. Enable this setting and your origin servers will thFew readers