Future Publishing, a global platform for specialist media with over 250 brands, faced scalability and availability challenges as they expanded. Initially using open-source Varnish Cache, they struggled with node failures and scalability. They migrated to Varnish Enterprise, implementing a robust and reliable caching layer. This migration, dubbed Project Leopard, addressed their issues instantly, enhancing disaster recovery and observability. With features like Ykey for cache invalidation and MSE for persistent storage, Future reduced downtime from three minutes to 1.7 seconds per day and eliminated on-call incidents, significantly improving efficiency and reducing costs.

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