how nginx handle connection with backend web server?

[Jeff Waugh]

<quote who="Xuepeng Li">

> if it's is 1:1 module and nginx establishes  HTTP 1.0 only to apache
> server,  every time enginx receive a request, it has to proxy the request
> to apache server, what is the advantange make enginx as reverse proxy
> other than make direct connection between browser and apache?

One fantastic example: Serving static files via nginx and dynamic content
with Apache (or any other application server). I wrote about the wonderful
impact of doing this (for a new site in Australia) on my blog:

  http://bethesignal.org/blog/2009/04/06/replacing-apache-with-nginx-for-static-file-serving/

Check out that memory graph... smaller and more consistent == WIN! :-)

- Jeff

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