As I mentioned in the previous post, I know about
CloudFlare very well. It is a CDN but why do you need a CDN if the server is located in Gurgaon. CDN provides cached page only for the local users and there isn't a single Cloudflare server in India. You can check out the CloudFlare server locations if you want in this
page. So, it cannot give a better result than your local server as your target users are Indian. I was just advising based on my own experience and nothing else as it might create inconvenience to valuable prospects and nothing else. IBF also uses Nginx which has also got issues too and I know about it. I faced both the cloudflare as well as Nginx 504 Gateway Timeout in IBF in the past though not today. It is a different case being a webmaster or a forum. IBF is based on limited amount of profit being only a forum and I being a webmaster can realize this. I own two dedicated servers myself and so, I know about the server load etc. quite well. So, to reduce server costs, every webmaster including me needs to optimize the server performance by using solutions such as Nginx, FastCgi, Cloudflare etc. and that is keeping in consideration of costs too along with quality. But a professional and especially a company where transaction will be done is completely different. A user will go off IBF and return later if needed if he finds such captcha page or a 504 Nginx error and it would not make much difference to profitability. These are small games and calculations every webmaster using dedicated server plays considering the profitability etc. into considerations. That is infact needed especially with Indian traffic where CPC, ad rates or other avenues are not enough to purchase servers day in and day out. A US based broadband and tech forum of such magnitude would probably make 8-10 times the profit compared to IBF and so, a webmaster targeting US traffic can purchase a much more powerful server. But it is different in case of Indian traffic. So, there is a reason why IBF would be using it and profitability and server resources is definitely one of the factors.
It seems I have again made a tl dr post as other IBFers mentioned in my other posts. LOL. I was just advising and nothing else based on my own experience as that might drive away potential users from your website. CloudFlare does not work the best in India all the time as whole IP ranges especially of providers like BSNL and MTNL are blocked by CloudFlare. And it has other negative affects such as problems I faced in one of my download sites in the past where it showed 404 error. There are several problems and being a cheap/free CDN it does not provide the best of results to be honest. I have faced a lot of problems even with worldwide traffic with CloudFlare leave apart Indian traffic and that is why I came here to mention the same when I saw it.
1. Our server is dedicated and located in Gurgaon.
2. IBF uses cloudflare and you don't seem to be experiencing any issues.
3. Cloudflare is a CDN, not a hosting company. The idea is that it is *supposed* to improve performance, but in case it does cause problems for other BSNL/MTNL users we'll take it off and revert back to how it was.
