Here is a comparison between Apache Traffic Server and Nginx. Each platform has a cult following. The bottom line, the best platform depends on the use case. Here is the difference between the two, according to ChatGPT. In a minimum
Varnish Software has rolled out Varnish Extend, a private do-it-yourself CDN, in collaboration with Cedexis, which monitors and optimizes web performance across data centers, CDNs, and clouds. It is a pre-packaged product that comes bundled with Varnish Plus, Varnish Software
Apache Traffic Server is high performance web proxy-caching server known for its use by Yahoo!, processing over 30,000 requests per second and serving more than 30 billion web objects a day across the Yahoo! network. Since its inception as an
When building a CDN, companies have several options in terms of choosing an open source caching platform to help deliver their content to users with speed, security and reliability. While none of these proxy servers can be exclusively titled a
Back in April 2014, Comcast Chief CDN Engineer, Jan van Doorn presented “Comcast CDN Architecture”. Comcast is likely the only Cable Operator in the world to have built its own CDN platform from scratch with open source software. Apache Traffic
Apple and Comcast built their CDN on Apache Traffic Server (ATS). Netflix and many pure-play CDNs did not. Netflix hired some extremely talented CDN engineers from a bigger CDN, and decided against ATS. When it comes to building a CDN,
Today, we are starting our very first series of Q&A sessions. In this session, we talk to Per Buer, the founder of Varnish Software. The topic of discussion is Comcast and Apple’s decision to use Apache Traffic Server (ATS) to
