SectionWhat is Section?
Edge Compute Platform gives Dev and Ops engineers the access and control they need to run compute workloads on a distributed edge.
Section is a tool in the Caching category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Varnish CacheNginx/LuaSiteSpectCloudinaryKrakenModSecuritySignal SciencesThreatXShieldSquarePageSpeedVirtual Waiting RoomNode JSReal Time MetricsLog ManagementReal User MonitoringInstant Global DeploymentsDeveloper PoPInstant Cache PurgeManaged SSL CertificatesDynamic Content CachingStatic Asset CachingHTML StreamingAnonymous Page CachingImage OptimizationFront-End OptimizationMobile OptimizationVirtual Waiting RoomHTTP/2Web Application FirewallIP BlockingSSL CertificatesDDoS MitigationBad Bot ManagementLoad BalancingMaintenance PagesAnycast DNS Hosting
Section Pros & Cons
Pros of Section
- ✓Makes the hard parts of varnish easy
- ✓Realtime stats
- ✓Git support
- ✓No more hair pulling configuring caching
- ✓Easy setup
- ✓Qa testing
- ✓Test Varnish Settings in Dev & Prod
- ✓Kibana logs
- ✓Graphite out of the box
- ✓Professional, rock solid platform, easy to user
Cons of Section
No cons listed yet.
Section Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Section?
Varnish
Varnish Cache is a web application accelerator also known as a caching HTTP reverse proxy. You install it in front of any server that speaks HTTP and configure it to cache the contents. Varnish Cache is really, really fast. It typically speeds up delivery with a factor of 300 - 1000x, depending on your architecture.
Apache Traffic Server
It is a fast, scalable and extensible HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2.0 compliant caching proxy server.Improve your response time, while reducing server load and bandwidth needs by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages, images, and web ser
Squid
Squid reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator. It runs on most available operating systems, including Windows and is licensed under the GNU GPL.
