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KIRONKUMARKKIRONKUMARK 

what is 'ap1' in https://ap1.salesforce.com

Can any one explain what is 'ap1' in 'https://ap1.salesforce.com' Note: I am accessing from India. Thanks in advance, Kiran.
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AmitSahuAmitSahu

Just to add to the above points :

 

That is for locating the server location(mostly data center)

 

AP - Asia Pacific

NA - North America  ....

 

as you are in India AP servers will be located near you and will be convenient in terms of network hubs. You will be able to get response faster from an AP server rather than an NA server as the network response/request latency will be more for NA server.

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@anilbathula@@anilbathula@

Hi kiran,

 

These "ap1".refers to instance name of the salesforce.

for more instance names refer this site.

http://status.salesforce.com/trust/status/

 

Thanks

Anil.B

 
_Prasu__Prasu_

Its not like that. AP1 does mean Asia-Pacific may be. But its not that its for India region only. AP1 is just like instance name and might by using to identify the location of Datacenters its serving from.
AmitSahuAmitSahu

Just to add to the above points :

 

That is for locating the server location(mostly data center)

 

AP - Asia Pacific

NA - North America  ....

 

as you are in India AP servers will be located near you and will be convenient in terms of network hubs. You will be able to get response faster from an AP server rather than an NA server as the network response/request latency will be more for NA server.

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MandadiMandadi
  Hi JO20,

 Can u tell me In 'ap1' what is mean by 1(one).

Thanks,
Mohit SainiMohit Saini

Hi Mandadi,

'1' in 'ap1' is just a number to separate different data centers/PODs (Point of Deployment) .

For Asia Pacific region, these PODs will be having name as ap1, ap2, ... ap 15 etc...
Why we have several PODs is because one POD can handle upto 10K customers/users.

 

Thanks.
Rudra vTekRudra vTek
What does CS stands for ..?? in sandbox servers..??
bnakamurabnakamura
CS stands for customer sandbox.
AdminuserAdminuser
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