Nginx max connections

[Anton Yuzhaninov]

Swish wrote:
> Is there any method to tell if Nginx is hitting max connections, other 
> than getting a request timeout? Will anything appear in the logs? I ask 
> for tuning purposes to get the optimal number of worker_processes and 
> worker_connections. Also, at what point is it better to increase the 
> worker_processes vs worker_connections, how can you tell what proportion 
> is most efficient? 

For tuning purposes it is better to use rrd-graphs.
Here is example (but not best) of how to setup this:
http://blog.kovyrin.net/2006/04/29/monitoring-nginx-with-rrdtool/lang/en/

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  Anton Yuzhaninov