nCache, Varnish Performance

[Jérôme Loyet]

2010/1/28 AMP Admin <admin at ampprod.com>:
> Is xCache something different all together?  I know it's for caching php but
> is it recommended to use nCache, proxy_cache, or Varnish if you're already
> using xCahce?

definitely ! xcache cache only PHP opcodes. PHP code is still executed
for each page. front end caches (proxy_pass, ncache, ...) makes
dynamic requests (php) into static ones (files). It's all different
and complementary.

++ Jerome

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Piotr Sikora [mailto:piotr.sikora at frickle.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 4:01 PM
> To: nginx at nginx.org
> Subject: Re: nCache, Varnish Performance
>
> Hi,
>
>> Is nCache and Varnish far better than proxy_cache?
>
> >From http://code.google.com/p/ncache/:
> "NCache is now in nginx core , you can use it as nginx proxy cache."
>
> I don't use Varnish, but I'm pretty sure it isn't _far_ better.
> But the answer really depends on your exact use-case.
>
> Best regards,
> Piotr Sikora < piotr.sikora at frickle.com >
>
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