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1. • CommentRowNumber1.
   • CommentAuthorAndrew Stacey
   • CommentTimeDec 2nd 2013
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   Author: Andrew Stacey
   Format: MarkdownItexI've switched the nLab from using its own MathJaX server to using the centralised one. I recently had cause to look through the logs and discovered that fully 1/5th of the requests to the nLab server were for MathJaX resources. So I figured it would ease the burden on the server to shift that off. It meant that I had to clear the cache completely. Given that my conjecture is that it is the number of requests to the server that is the bottleneck, this *ought* to provide a small speed-up. It might also make it faster for users who have to rely on MathJaX since if their browser caches correctly, they're now using the same MathJaX for *all* MathJaX-enabled sites.

   I’ve switched the nLab from using its own MathJaX server to using the centralised one. I recently had cause to look through the logs and discovered that fully 1/5th of the requests to the nLab server were for MathJaX resources. So I figured it would ease the burden on the server to shift that off.

   It meant that I had to clear the cache completely.

   Given that my conjecture is that it is the number of requests to the server that is the bottleneck, this ought to provide a small speed-up. It might also make it faster for users who have to rely on MathJaX since if their browser caches correctly, they’re now using the same MathJaX for all MathJaX-enabled sites.

2. • CommentRowNumber2.
   • CommentAuthorzskoda
   • CommentTimeDec 2nd 2013
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   Author: zskoda
   Format: MarkdownItexWhat is the centralized server ? the whole world has a centralized MathJaX server ?

   What is the centralized server ? the whole world has a centralized MathJaX server ?

3. • CommentRowNumber3.
   • CommentAuthorAndrew Stacey
   • CommentTimeDec 2nd 2013
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   Author: Andrew Stacey
   Format: MarkdownItexMathJax uses a [CDN](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network) so, No, the whole world does not have a centralised MathJax server. It just _thinks_ that it does.

   MathJax uses a CDN so, No, the whole world does not have a centralised MathJax server. It just thinks that it does.