Cloud flare and hosting speed

[Shaybib]

If I am using cloudflare cdn does it matter what my hosting speed is?

 

[BadboyHomer]

Absolutely not, CloudFlare serves mainly to speed up the site

 

[666xxx]

no. the cloudflare has its own server deployed around the world,so they are mirroring our website to give it maximum speed .

 

[Zwielicht]

 

[Shaybib]

@Zwielicht I do not understand what you mean by your reply

 

[SamLewis]

@Zwielicht I do not understand what you mean by your reply

Thread cowved?

 

[Shaybib]

Thread cowved?

which means? I am not a native English speaker and i dont understand

 

[SamLewis]

which means? I am not a native English speaker and i dont understand

cow make moo sound. Thread mooved/moved

 

[Shaybib]

cow make moo sound. Thread mooved/moved

thanks!
finally, I understand...

 

[bArAsc]

I wonder when the @Zwielicht ideas for "thread moved" pictures will end

 

[Zwielicht]

I wonder when the @Zwielicht ideas for "thread moved" pictures will end

Never.

 

[HudsonWebServices]

It doesnt actually speed it up, it just appears faster. Why? Because the closer you are to cloudflare servers, the faster it "appears".

 

[CyberHour]

The CloudFlare so called CDN is NOT true CDN (especially the free plan), yes it caches css/js which in most cases boost the overall site performance.
Cloudflare = reverse proxy / DNS / shared SSL cert provider
Nothing more, nothing less

In short, if your web hosting performance is slow, you should look for better provider and if your target is worldwide then you should get TRUE CDN like KeyCDN or similar.

/cheers

 

[Shaybib]

It doesnt actually speed it up, it just appears faster. Why? Because the closer you are to cloudflare servers, the faster it "appears".

The CloudFlare so called CDN is NOT true CDN (especially the free plan), yes it caches css/js which in most cases boost the overall site performance.
Cloudflare = reverse proxy / DNS / shared SSL cert provider
Nothing more, nothing less

In short, if your web hosting performance is slow, you should look for better provider and if your target is worldwide then you should get TRUE CDN like KeyCDN or similar.

/cheers

thanks this is very helpful !

 

[CyberHour]

Anytime

 

[Vashi ServerGuy]

CloudFlare is what you consider to speed up your website. In the free plan, you get a shared IP address and have got no control over the number of neighbor websites that will be hosting on the same IP. Even the SSL certificate is shared.
Cloudflare provides caching. It caches your CSS and JS files and serves it from the nearest location from where your users are opening your website. This improves your website speed for sure.

 

[TerryMarks]

As long as your site content is static, Cloudflare can cache the content after a single call. You can go into your Cloudflare options and choose to cache content forever instead of purging the cache after 8 hours or whatever the default is.