How to handle 1000′s of concurrent users on a 360MB VPS

http://markmaunder.com/2009/how-to-handle-1000s-of-concurrent-users-on-a-360mb-vps/

2009-12-01, by Mark Maunder, "(...) Configure Nginx as a reverse proxy to Apache listening on port 81 so that it sits in front of Apache like so: YourVisitor <—–> Nginx:Port80 <—–> Apache:Port81 (...) The 10 or so Apache children you’re running will be getting requests from a client (Nginx) that is running locally. Because there is zero latency and a huge amount of bandwidth (it’s a loopback request), the only time Apache takes to handle the request is the amount of CPU time it actually takes to handle the request. Apache children are no longer tied up with clients on slow connections. So each request is handled in a few microseconds, freeing up each child to do a hell of a lot more work. Nginx will occupy about 5 to 10 Megs of Memory. You’ll see thousands of users concurrently connected to it. (...)"
Tags: nginx, apache, performance, vps, web, proxy, scalability, development, linode, linux Saved by: admin

It’s OK to make an extra $2k per month if you’re a programmer. Here’s how.
Its OK to make an extra $2k per month if youre a programmer. Heres how. http://j.mp/mQvdCh – news.yc Popular (newsycombinator) http://twitter.com/newsycombinator/status/74234688121745408
http://markmaunder.com/2011/its-ok-to-make-an-extra-2k-per-month-if-youre-a-programmer-heres-how/
Tags: money, programming, adsense, interesting, startup, business, google, web, read, toread Saved by: admin