[bolognafairy]

Really one of those “has anyone that built this tried using it for its intended purpose?” things. Not having a carefully considered cache warning solution* is like…if someone built a CDN based on a description someone gave them, instead of actually understanding the problem a CDN sets out to solve.

* EDIT: actually, any solution that at least attempts to mitigate a thundering herd. I am at least somewhat empathetic to the “indiscriminately allowing pre-warming destroys the shared cache” viewpoint. But there are still plenty of things that can be done!

[bombcar]

The easiest solution to the pre-warming problem is charge quite a bit for it. Then only those who really need it will pay (or you’ll collect more money to build out the cache).