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 Introduction to Varnish
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+The basics
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Varnish Cache is a web application accelerator also known as a caching
+HTTP reverse proxy. You install it in front of any server that speaks
+HTTP and configure it to cache the contents. Varnish Cache is really,
+really fast. It typically speeds up delivery with a factor of 300 -
+1000x, depending on your architecture. A high level overview of what
+Varnish does can be seen in the video attached to this web page.
+
+Performance
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Varnish performs really, really well. It is usually bound by the speed
+of the network, effectively turning performance into a non-issue. We've
+seen Varnish delivering 20 Gbps on regular off-the-shelf hardware.
+
+Flexibility
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+One of the key features of Varnish Cache, in addition to its
+performance, is the flexibility of its configuration language, VCL. VCL
+enables you to write policies on how incoming requests should be
+handled. In such a policy you can decide what content you want to serve,
+from where you want to get the content and how the request or response
+should be altered. And, you can `extend Varnish with modules
+(VMODs) <https://www.varnish-cache.org/vmods>`__. You can read more
+about this in our
+`tutorial <https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/trunk/tutorial/>`__.
+
+Further reading
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+There is a good article describing `Varnish Cache on
+Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varnish_(software)>`__.
+
+Licence and origin
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Varnish is free software licensed under a two-clause BSD licence, also
+known as the FreeBSD licence. The project was initiated in 2005. Varnish
+Cache 1.0 was released in september 2006.
+
+The name "Varnish"
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The name Varnish comes from when the instigator of Varnish spent a long
+time staring at an art-poster with the word “Vernisage” and ended up
+checking it in a dictionary, which gives the following three meanings of
+the word:
+
+*r.v. var·nished, var·nish·ing, var·nish·es*
+
+    #. *To cover with varnish.*
+    #. To give a smooth and glossy finish to.
+    #. **To give a deceptively attractive appearance to; gloss over.**
+
+To get in touch with the people operating this website please send an
+email to phk@ or `ruben@varni.sh <mailto:ruben@varni.sh>`__.
+
+
+Logo
+----
+
+A high resolution version of the he Varnish Cache logo can be found
+`here <https://old.varnish-cache.org/sites/default/files/pictures/varnishcache_rgb-gimp2-alpha.png>`__.
+
+About this website
+------------------
+
+This site is statically generated. Powered by Sphinx running on Apache 
+httpd on top of FreeBSD. It flies thanks to Varnish Cache. :-) 
+
 
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