Cherokee vs Varnish
A side-by-side look at Cherokee and Varnish. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Cherokee
Network & Admin
Cherokee is an open source, very fast, flexible and easy to configure web server. It supports the widespread technologies and protocols used nowadays: FastCGI, SCGI, PHP, HTTP/1.1, SSL/TLS, AJP13, WebSocket, IPv6, and others. It also features high availability, load balancing, powerful configuration system, and simple administration tools.
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Varnish
Network & Admin
Varnish is an open source web application accelerator designed to speed up websites by caching and optimizing content delivery. It sits in front of web servers and caches frequently-accessed content, reducing requests to backend servers.
cachingcontent-deliveryacceleration
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