Varnish Accelerator
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Varnish Accelerator is a web application accelerator that acts as a reverse proxy, caching HTTP requests to speed up the delivery of web content.
- Context:
- It can be designed to reduce server load and improve the performance of high-traffic websites.
- It can serve cached versions of web pages to users, reducing the need for repeated requests to the web server.
- It can be deployed in front of a Web Server like Apache or Nginx to enhance the delivery speed of content.
- It can range from being configured with basic caching rules to utilizing complex, custom configurations that involve Varnish Configuration Language (VCL).
- It can handle high amounts of concurrent traffic by efficiently managing HTTP requests and responses.
- It can be integrated with Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) to optimize the delivery of static and dynamic content globally.
- It can be used in conjunction with Load Balancers to distribute traffic and prevent server overload.
- It can have use cases such as:
- a high-traffic news website that uses Varnish to cache frequently accessed pages, reducing load times and server strain.
- an e-commerce platform that integrates Varnish to accelerate the delivery of product pages and improve user experience.
- a Streaming Media Service utilizing Varnish to cache video content, ensuring smooth playback and reducing latency.
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- See: Web Server, Reverse Proxy, Caching, Content Delivery Network (CDN).