I don't suppose that particular workload was very suited for Varnish in the first place, if you read carefully, you'll soon realize that most people don't have

I don't suppose that particular workload was very suited for Varnish in the first place, if you read carefully, you'll soon realize that most people don't have that kind of content. I have heard from (other parts of) BBC that Varnish saved a fair amount of bacon for them during the London Olympics, obviously in different workloads. And nobody would be more surprised than me, if Varnish was a micacle-cure for every single website in the world...