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On 03/07/2013 04:44 PM, Grant wrote: |
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>>> Thanks Michael, I think I will set up nginx to serve my images. That |
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>>> should take a big load off apache. Is nginx still beneficial when |
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>>> using the Worker MPM? |
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>> It...depends? |
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>> nginx in reverse caching proxy mode will simply serve up objects before |
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>> the httpd it's protecting has to deal with them. Whether the type of an |
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>> MPM makes a significant difference on nginx's value depends more on what |
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>> kind of work you are (or aren't) asking Apache to do. I really couldn't |
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>> answer that for you without knowing the details behind what you're |
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>> running on top of Apache. |
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> OK, I think either nginx or Worker would help prevent MaxClients from |
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> being reached and using both of them would help even further. |
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If you're using mod_php, you cannot use MPM Worker. Just sayin. It's so |
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unsupported, they block each other in Portage. |
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>>> Should I be OK with NGINX_MODULES_HTTP="" in /etc/make.conf if I'm |
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>>> only serving images? |
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> Any Gentoo'ers running nginx like this? |
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Alan McKinnon remarked that he uses nginx in this capacity. |
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