The Impact of Web Caching | @DevOpsSummit #DevOps #Storage #WebPerf

Try to remember something that happened on your last vacation. How long did it take you to recall? Now, try to remember it again. You were probably able to recall it faster the second time— but, why? This is because as soon as you recalled the event the first time, your brain saved the information to your recent memory. The same concept applies to caching. Caching is a way of temporarily storing the contents of a webpage in locations near the user, similar to the way our memory works. There are several types of caching options available like database caching, application caching, distributed caching, etc. In this article, we’ll talk about web caching and how it affects user experience.

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