How to change the speed of the render queue

Updated on 17 Sep 2024
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Why you might want to change the caching speed of your queues?

You might want to change the caching speed of your Manual/API rendering queue if you want to add a greater number of URLs to your cache and make sure that the URLs are cached in time for a promotion or sale.
If you are experiencing issues with your infrastructure due to a high number of requests received from Prerender, you may want to consider reducing the number of URLs cached per day. This can occur when you have a large number of URLs in your cache and your Prerender account's cache expiration setting is too low. As a result, Prerender may need to request a significant number of URLs per day.

Here's how you can change the speed of your render queue.

Firstly, it is important to note that there are two rendering queues:

Manual/API rendering queue
Automated rendering queue

The default speed of both queues depends on the number of cached pages and the expiration set in your account. Read More.

To check the current speed of your rendering queue, open the Scheduled Rendering menu on your dashboard, and you'll find it as seen in the screenshot below.

You can only adjust the speed of the Manual/API rendering queues and not the Automated rendering queue. However, it is worth noting that you can reduce the speed of your automated rendering queue by increasing your Cache expiration. This way, the Prerender tool will have more time to re-cache the pages in your cache.

To modify the rendering speed of your Manual and Api rendering queues, kindly send an email to support@prerender.io

For Manual/API queue: If your plan includes API access you can use the /change-recache-speed API endpoint. If your plan does not include API access please get in touch with us via email at support@prerender.io.

For Automated queue: change the Cache expiration under the Cache Manager menu.

Number of requests

It is important to consider the rendering speed in URLs per minute, hour, or day. Each page requires multiple requests to load, and setting the rendering speed too high can trigger your DOS detection/firewall. This can also cause issues in your infrastructure. Therefore, it is recommended that you contact your system administrator and developers (preferably before sending your request to speed up the process) to determine how many URLs per day the rendering speed should be set to for optimal performance.

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