
10/19/2011 · Matthew Prince
What this post added
This post introduces the implementation of end-to-end Keep Alives, a new optimization that maintains persistent TCP connections between Cloudflare's network and origin servers. This reduces latency by minimizing TCP overhead for each requested resource and lessens the load on origin servers. The change is expected to improve overall site snappiness by approximately 10% for sites whose origin servers support Keep Alive connections.