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Last Updated 16/09/2024

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What is the ARC2 Proxy service?

ARC2 Proxy is a cloud-based reverse proxy service that enhances web performance and reliability through advanced caching mechanisms. Acting as both a dynamic and static Content Delivery Network (CDN), it efficiently delivers content to users worldwide by reducing latency and load times. Additionally, ARC2 Proxy functions as a load balancer, distributing network traffic across multiple servers to optimize resource use and prevent any single server from becoming a bottleneck. Its health checking capabilities continuously monitor server status, automatically rerouting traffic to maintain uninterrupted service. With these features, ARC2 Proxy ensures that web applications are scalable, resilient, and fast-performing.

Capabilities

ARC2 Proxy offers unlimited caching rules divided into global rules and path rules, granting complete control over how content is stored and delivered. These rules enable you to fine-tune caching strategies to meet your specific needs with detailed explanations provided this article. Additionally, the service supplies unlimited endpoints for load balancing, utilizing both Weighted and Priority routing methods to distribute traffic effectively and ensure high availability. You have the option to route traffic through HTTP or HTTPS protocols and specify custom ports, giving you extensive control over your network configurations. This combination of advanced caching and flexible load balancing makes ARC2 Proxy a potent solution for optimizing web performance and reliability.

Every subscriber to ARC2 Proxy cloud service, whether free or paid, gets access to our global network, which currently has two locations: one in Canada and another in Germany. We're also planning to expand soon to the USA and the UK. Every request is compressed using Brotli to make reduce data transfer and make it faster. Supported images that are cached for more than six hours are converted into WebP format, which further reduces the bandwidth used. None the less, our infrastructure and software are top-notch, since we always try to have at least 3 times more capacity than the average load, ensuring quick and reliable responses even during unexpected traffic spikes or special occasions.

What's next?

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