LiteMage Cache Frequently Asked Questions

LiteMage Cache is the world's fastest full page cache developed only for use with Magento. LSCache is a general caching solution for most applications. LSCache works similarly to Apache's mod_cache or Varnish, but is implemented in a more efficient way.

LiteMage Cache uses the LiteMage extension for Magento and an improved version of LSCache to deliver superior caching with an ESI implementation geared specifically for Magento pages.

No. Only LSWS versions 5.0+ have ESI support.

The free LiteMage module for LiteSpeed Web Server promotion has ended. The LiteMage module is now available as a purchasable add-on to new and existing LiteSpeed Licenses. The LiteMage Cache extension for Magento will remain free to download from Magento Connect.

You can always try the ultra-fast LiteMage full page cache for free using our trial license. Overall, LiteSpeed + LiteMage will save you a ton on hardware costs while also achieving a high performance increase for your Magento store.

Please check here for LiteMage pricing.

LiteMage tiers are now based on publicly cached objects per domain. How do I know how many publicly cached objects an account/domain uses?

It can be checked through LiteMage crawler in Magento Admin.

Magento Admin→ System → Cache Management → LiteMage Crawler Warm-up Status → List Size. If a store has multiple currencies/Languages, you may need to add them up into total objects count.

A merchant does not have a running store yet or I don't have the ability to check through merchant magento admin page. How I can estimate how many cached objects required for his store?

There are only three tiers:Free/Standard/Large. You can guestimate based upon their stores size, number of languages, currencies and options. e.g. If you have 300 items for sale,and each has 2 configuration options that render different pages, in 10 languages…300X2X10=6000 so standard would be appropriate.

Public cached objects are counted by url. So if you have a unique url that can be cached, then it is counted as 1 object.

For example, layered navigation will have it's unique url, one category page with 10 different layered navigation will count as 11 objects. Also for view vary, like list view vs. grid view, also separate cached objects.

Our trial license provide unlimited cached objects for LiteMage.

For LiteMage Starter/Standard package, the good thing is: once the cache is filled with allowed objects, the site will be still working without any problem.

So if over the limit, the page will be served by Magento directly, same as no cache. Litemage will only stop cache for new pages, but cached pages will be still served from cache. Your user will see some pages load faster, some slow. Overall, it is still much better than no cache.

We will display the public cached objects count in Magento admin panel in future release.

Have a look at our Debugging LiteMage Cache page.

Yes you can and it is highly recommended to do so, especially on production servers. For instructions on how to enable this, have a look at our Debugging LiteMage Cache page.