Caching: From Akamai to Boost and Beyond
Code and DevOps
This track is focused on developers and the back-end technologies to deal with today’s and future challenges. With the coming release of Drupal 8, as well as emerging Web technologies, preparation is essential. These sessions will help you learn how to deliver effective solutions to meet these needs.
EPA went from a static file site, where publication is instantaneous, to a Drupal site where we couldn't simply subject our servers to multiple page generations every second. To that end, we have Akamai as a CDN, along with memcached and boost. We use Boost to generate static pages for repeat visits, but also to generate failover copies of our content for disaster recovery. We're considering a move to Varnish.
It's not perfect--lots of moving parts--and there are definite weaknesses. We're hoping to use this session as a way to describe our strategy, and also get feedback and learn what others do for their sites.