On Mon, 26 Apr 2004, it was written: > Can anyone point me to some to some study that compares the > performance of apache configured as a reverse proxy versus direct > connection to the remote backend web server?
What's on the backend? If it's a fast server with static pages, proxying will slow it (but a cacheing proxy may not). If it's something slow and heavy, proxying could substantially accelerate it. Once you reach the point where the hardware has little to spare, proxying can become a useful part of a scaling strategy. You could take a look at esi.org for some background about how some of the biggest companies use proxying to accelerate their systems and the internet as a whole. -- Nick Kew Nick's manifesto: http://www.htmlhelp.com/~nick/
