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<P><FONT SIZE=2>You likely need to check with yslow for elements that are synchronous and therefore blocking speedy browser rendering. Follow those rules especially the parallel downloads. Varnish cannot help bad page design.<BR>
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From: varnish-misc-bounces@varnish-cache.org <varnish-misc-bounces@varnish-cache.org><BR>
To: Hitendra Molleti <hitendra@itp.com><BR>
Cc: varnish-misc@varnish-cache.org <varnish-misc@varnish-cache.org><BR>
Sent: Tue Jun 29 16:58:28 2010<BR>
Subject: Re: Varnish: Initial lag before dumping output to the browser<BR>
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Hi,<BR>
<BR>
If you run a tcpdump on your client, do you see any packet exchanged<BR>
or the traffic is on hold for the 3-4s?<BR>
Do you have this behavior when browsing the backend directly?<BR>
<BR>
cheers<BR>
<BR>
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On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Hitendra Molleti <hitendra@itp.com> wrote:<BR>
> Hi,<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> We are using a CMS called Escenic which uses the below technologies.<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> 1) Tomcat (Web Server)<BR>
><BR>
> 2) J2EE & JSP (Coding platform)<BR>
><BR>
> 3) Varnish (Caching server)<BR>
><BR>
> 4) Mysql (Database)<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> We have setup Varnish to cache the pages, a page which is put together using<BR>
> various widgets, seems to load all at once instead of gradual loading.<BR>
> Hence, there is an initial 3 to 4sec wait where the browser does not get any<BR>
> output, after that the whole rendered page is dumped on the browser. This<BR>
> makes the site seem much slower than it actually is.<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> Can someone please let us know if you have experienced this issue and what<BR>
> are other ways to speed up Varnish to deliver pages faster?<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> Thanks<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> Hitendra<BR>
><BR>
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