>> I can probably dump a lot of apache config. I still need SSL on both >> servers even though only nginx faces the user? > > Perhaps you need Apache for certain pages otherwise this is simply a > quick fix which is fair enough, we always like those at times but it > sounds to me like you could have gained more by simply switching Apache > for nginx or tuning your max.
My apache processes run pretty heavy so raising MaxClients opens the potential for an OOM condition. I would love to completely switch to nginx from apache but I need apache for certain stuff. That is something I will look into in the future though. > Running both is actually wasting a little memory though you may have > gained over just Apache. I can say that before nginx, top was filled with relatively memory-laden apache processes and now there is only a short list. > How web proxies with optional caches usually work such as OpenBSDs > relayd is to keep track of requests perhaps using higher layer info and > share the load among multiple web servers, perhaps adding headers to > keep everything functional. nginx seems much faster than apache which I think is a good reason to switch over as much stuff as possible. - Grant
