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From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} RAM & apache MaxClients (rock & a hard place)
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:48:38
Message-Id: CAN0CFw06_7yKZu-1d5GfgzCzNVD9EHqOgDz1aEiQ_cnFevUO_w@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} RAM & apache MaxClients (rock & a hard place) by Michael Mol
1 >> It sounds like having apache serve dynamic .html pages and nginx
2 >> serve images on the same port means turning apache into a proxy for
3 >> nginx which I'm hoping isn't too difficult. Could this pose any
4 >> problems for an ecommerce site?
5 >
6 >> Changing completely from a user-facing apache to a user-facing nginx
7 >> sounds fraught with peril.
8 >
9 > Yet this is the way it's done. If you have apache serve as a proxy for
10 > nginx, you gain absolutely *nothing*; every inbound connection still
11 > takes Apache resources, and that's exactly what you need to introduce a
12 > proxy to alleviate.
13
14 Understood. Can anyone who has made a switch like this comment on
15 potential (SSL-related?) pitfalls?
16
17 - Grant

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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} RAM & apache MaxClients (rock & a hard place) Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>