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Application Performance

Zend Server Cluster Manager is equipped with three management modules for tracking and improving speed and responsiveness of Web applications. Optimizer+ Content Caching and Job Queues.

Zend Optimizer+ improves PHP performance by storing precompiled script bytecode in the shared memory. This eliminates the stages of reading code from the disk and compiling it on future access. For further performance improvement, the stored bytecode is optimized for faster execution. This component works out-of-the-box and therefore does not require any configuration or changes to your code.

Caching is the process of storing data or pre-rendered web output that can dramatically reduce the time to present results to the users.

The available caching capabilities are: Data Cache API, Zend Framework Cache API (External Link) and Page Cache.

Job Queues, provide PHP production environments with a standard approach to streamline offline processing. This provides the ability to reroute and delay the execution of processes that are not essential during user interaction with the Web Server.