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I'm sure Cloudflare will comment, but it seems a little different to that. Rather than suck the original bits in at a server close to the origin, it looks like
by RobAley 14y ago
I'm sure Cloudflare will comment, but it seems a little different to that. Rather than suck the original bits in at a server close to the origin, it looks like it takes the compressed (delta) bits direct from the origin itself.
- modoc 14y agoCorrect. It's ISN'T DSA. It's very promising for eCommerce sites which may have a personalized header (Name, Cart Contents, etc...) and some customized Ads/CTAs/Marketing slots, but where the bulk of the page (often a very large page - 100+ KB) will be the same for everyone. The obvious win is pushing less bytes across the wire. The less obvious win is that it allows the application server response to complete VERY fast, freeing up the app server thread to handle more requests. This is the larger win for large scale 3-tier applications.
- dsl 14y agoSure, but that's just splitting hairs. Rather than colocate DSA appliances with the origin (which again is not new), they simply run the software on the origin machine.