DrupalCon Prague 2013: HIGH PERFORMANCE SITES WITH DRUPAL AND CACHE CONTROL MODULE

This talk focuses on building high-performance sites with Drupal, addressing the limitations of internal caching. The speaker, representing Exove, shares insights from years of experience with sites that have demanding performance requirements and introduces a specific Drupal module called Cache Control, which integrates with the Varnish HTTP accelerator and other external HTTP caches. The session explores the module's functionality, highlighting its benefits and limitations, while detailing three real-life cases where Cache Control successfully addressed high-performance challenges. These cases involve various scenarios, including a high-traffic site with few authenticated users, a content-rich site with a majority of authenticated users, and a geographically distributed site utilizing Fastly CDN, showcasing Cache Control's adaptability in different environments.