akamai capabilities overview and it’s impact on iowa.gov and selected web pages
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Akamai capabilities overview and it’s impact on Iowa.Gov and
selected web pages
The Akamai PlatformWorld’s Largest On-Demand
Distributed Computing Platform Always On No systemic network failure since inception
Always Available14,000+ servers1,100+ Networks 70 Countries
Always CapableNetwork averages 35Gbps dayPeak 72Gbps 4/15/045B hits/day
Always SecureSecurity at the physical, host, network, and software layers
Always EvolvingObjects, whole sites, streaming, secure content, applications
Predictable Performance
Scalability On Demand
Increased Security
Akamai Public Sector CustomersOver 80% market share of Content Delivery1,100+ Customers
Akamai Performance and
Reliability Impact for
State of Iowa
Performance/Reliability Testing Methodology
Use of 3rd party web performance monitoring service by Keynote Systems, Inc.
20+ Keynote “agents” spread around the US downloading exact same Iowa.gov and Iowa Education web content with and without Akamai
Download times and any errors (e.g. connection timeout) are recorded
Akamai Performance Impact on Iowa.gov Homepage
Without Akamai
With Akamai
Total Data Points Collected: over 16,000
0.7 sec vs. 2.1 sec (3.0x faster on average)(4.8x faster during peak)
Akamai Performance Impact on Iowa.gov(Network Perspective)
With Akamai – Green; Without Akamai - Orange
Total errors without Akamai – 200Total errors with Akamai – 16Error reduction – 92%
(Errors include request timeout, page timeout, connection timeout, content error, etc.)
Akamai Reliability Impact on Iowa.gov Homepage
Akamai PerformanceImpact on IowaEducation Homepage
Without Akamai
With Akamai
Total Data Points Collected: over 14,000
0.41 sec vs. 1.17 sec (2.9x faster on average)(4.3x faster during peak)
Total errors without Akamai – 184Total errors with Akamai – 12Error reduction – 93%
(Errors include request timeout, page timeout, connection timeout, content error, etc.)
Akamai ReliabilityImpact on IowaEducation Homepage
Akamai PerformanceImpact on Iowa Education(Network Perspective)
With Akamai – Green; Without Akamai - Orange
Akamai Performance Impact on IowaRoad Conditions.org
Without Akamai
With Akamai
Total Data Points Collected: over 1,000
0.8 sec vs. 5.4 sec (6.8x faster on average)
With Akamai – Green; Without Akamai - Orange
Akamai Performance Impact on IowaRoad Conditions.org(Network Perspective)
Total errors without Akamai – 4Total errors with Akamai – 1Error reduction – 75%
(Errors include request timeout, page timeout, connection timeout, content error, etc.)
Akamai Reliability Impact on IowaRoad Conditions.org
Edge Platform Basics
End Users
Whole Site, Streaming,
Forms
Akamai Edge Servers
Information Delivery:• Whole Site• Streaming
Origin Server
Web Server Maintained by Customer for publishing content
Availability – Without Akamai
Network Providers End
Users
PeeringPoints
Level 3 AOL
AT&T
Cable & Wireless
Genuity
WorldCom
SBCSprint
UUNET Qwest
www.colorado.gov
Availability – With Akamai
Network Providers
EndUsers
PeeringPoints
AkamaiStorage
Back-up Site
AkamaiEdge
Server
Primary
Option 1Option 2
www.colorado.gov
The Akamai Proposal
One Time Fee Monthly
$2,000 $1,950
25 month contract for price of 24