>> Thanks Michael, I think I will set up nginx to serve my images. That >> should take a big load off apache. Is nginx still beneficial when >> using the Worker MPM? > > It...depends? > > nginx in reverse caching proxy mode will simply serve up objects before > the httpd it's protecting has to deal with them. Whether the type of an > MPM makes a significant difference on nginx's value depends more on what > kind of work you are (or aren't) asking Apache to do. I really couldn't > answer that for you without knowing the details behind what you're > running on top of Apache.
OK, I think either nginx or Worker would help prevent MaxClients from being reached and using both of them would help even further. >> Should I be OK with NGINX_MODULES_HTTP="" in /etc/make.conf if I'm >> only serving images? Any Gentoo'ers running nginx like this? - Grant
