Caching for Xenforo.com

[s.molinari]

Hi,

Does the Xenforo.com web server have a caching system in front of it like Varnish or Squid or any other type caching HTTP reverse proxy?

Scott

 

[s.molinari]

Oh, and I'll let you know why I ask, when I get the answer.

Scott

 

[Naz]

Maybe this might provide your answer: Sep 9, 2011

XenForo search is beautiful.

 

[Naz]

Maybe this too: Jul 27, 2011

 

[HWS]

As I know, just the usual memcache and APC.

 

[s.molinari]

Yeah. I gathered that much and thanks for the answers. But APC and Memcache aren't http reverse proxy caches like Varnish or Squid.

Scott

 

[HWS]

Yeah. I gathered that much and thanks for the answers. But APC and Memcache aren't http reverse proxy caches like Varnish or Squid.

This is why I wrote "just". ;-)

 

[s.molinari]

Ok. Well, if it is true, which I would imagine it is (because, for instance digitalpoint.com doesn't have reverse proxy HTTP cache, then this comparison is truly amazing.

http://www.webpagetest.org/video/co...FE_605&thumbSize=200&ival=100&end=visual&-c:1

Scott

 

[RobParker]

VB.com DOES have varnish in front of it doesn't it? Sure I read that recently on VB.com

 

[Naz]

VB.com DOES have varnish in front of it doesn't it? Sure I read that recently on VB.com

Yes it does.

 

[Alpha1]

Ok. Well, if it is true, which I would imagine it is (because, for instance digitalpoint.com doesn't have reverse proxy HTTP cache, then this comparison is truly amazing.

http://www.webpagetest.org/video/compare.php?tests=130818_46_603,130818_6Z_604,130818_FE_605&thumbSize=200&ival=100&end=visual&-c:1

Scott

Change the comparison end point setting to 'fully loaded':
http://www.webpagetest.org/video/co...130818_FE_605&thumbSize=200&ival=100&end=full

 

[digitalpoint]

I'd bet a very large amount of money that there is no front-end caching systems in place on xenforo.com... it's simply not necessary. It varies depending on the complexity of the page being rendered (everything... queries, PHP processing, etc.), but for digitalpoint.com simple pages render in about 0.01 seconds... A really complex pages might see 0.15 seconds.

Something like Varnish might actually make things slower simply because of the overhead of needing to check the cache.

Caching is good when you are caching the right things... but I've never been a fan of full page caching... that usually means you have something built poorly to begin with if it needs it.

 

[s.molinari]

Change the comparison end point setting to 'fully loaded':
http://www.webpagetest.org/video/compare.php?tests=130818_46_603,130818_6Z_604,130818_FE_605&thumbSize=200&ival=100&end=full

Yeah, not sure what is wrong with IPB with the total load time. Looks like something isn't quite right. I haven't looked at it in detail...

Scott