Varnish
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CommentsWhat is 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.
Varnish is a tool in the Caching category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Powerful, feature-rich web cacheHTTP acceleratorSpeed up the performance of your website and streaming services
Varnish Pros & Cons
Pros of Varnish
- ✓High-performance
- ✓Very Fast
- ✓Very Stable
- ✓Very Robust
- ✓HTTP reverse proxy
- ✓Open Source
- ✓Web application accelerator
- ✓Easy to config
- ✓Widely Used
- ✓Great community
Cons of Varnish
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Varnish Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Varnish?
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.
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