Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} RAM & apache MaxClients (rock & a hard place)

[Grant]

>> I lowered my MaxClients setting in apache a long time ago after
>> running out of memory a couple times.  I recently optimized my
>> website's code and sped the site way up, and now I find myself
>> periodically up against MaxClients.  Is a RAM upgrade the only
>> practical way to solve this sort of problem?
>
> Use a reverse proxy in caching mode.
>
> A request served up by the proxy server is a request not served up by
> Apache.
>
> Squid, nginx and varnish are all decent for the purpose, though squid
> and nginx are probably the more polished than varnish.

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?

Should I be OK with NGINX_MODULES_HTTP="" in /etc/make.conf if I'm
only serving images?

- Grant