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Proxy Architecture & Fundamentals
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Proxy Architecture & Fundamentals
Residential vs Datacenter Proxies for Web Scraping: Which One Lowers CPSR?
A practical, production-grade guide to choosing between residential and datacenter proxies to reduce cost per successful request (CPSR). Learn how target difficulty, session strategy, and rotation affect block rates, throughput, and your bottom line.
11 min·Updated 56 years ago
Proxy Architecture & Fundamentals
Managing Proxy Pools at Scale: Concurrency, TTL, and Failover Design
A practical guide to designing and operating proxy pools at scale, covering concurrency control, session TTL, failover, metrics, and cost-aware decisions for scraping and automation teams.
9 min·Updated 56 years ago