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by creiht 4676 days ago
Hi, I work on the cloudfiles team. I'm assuming that you are talking about the TTL setting for the container that is exposed to the CDN. Currently, the minimum that it can be is 15 minutes. We partner with Akamai for the CDN functionality, so while we get all the benefits of the Akamai network, we also have to work within the parameters of their systems. Would you mind sharing more about your use case for needing shorter TTLs?
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workhere-io 4676 days ago
I'm assuming that you are talking about the TTL setting for the container that is exposed to the CDN

Actually I'm talking about what you refer to as edge purge (http://www.rackspace.com/blog/cloud-files-cdn-gets-edge-purg...) and AWS refers to as invalidations.

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creiht 4676 days ago
Ahh, sorry. Yes, there are limitations around edge purging (how many you can do at a time, and how long it takes for the purges to occur). All of these are also dependent on parameters defined by Akamai. I'll pass the feedback on to our product team as we try to make that experience better. Thanks!
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