For a very small instance with only a couple of concurrent users a CDN might not make much difference. But if you take a look at your web server logs you’ll quickly notice that every post / like / vote triggers a storm of requests from other instances to yours, looking up lots of different […]

February 20, 2024 piefedadmin writes:

For a very small instance with only a couple of concurrent users a CDN might not make much difference. But if you take a look at your web server logs you’ll quickly notice that every post / like / vote triggers a storm of requests from other instances to yours, looking up lots of different things. It’s easy to imagine how quickly this would overwhelm an instance once it gets even a little busy.

One of the first web performance tools people reach for is to use a CDN, like Cloudflare. But how much difference will it make? In this video I show you my web server logs before and after and compare them.

Read How much difference does a CDN make to a fediverse instance?

  • Björn TantauEnglish
    2•9 months ago

    I bet for most instances setting up a Varnish cache is just as effective but much cheaper.

    • @[email protected]
      0•9 months ago

      Intere a ting, never heard of it. Unfortunately I have nothing to play with it on :(

      Edit: maybe immich. But probably not really needed unless I share an album with a lot of people.