Re: Reverse proxy performance?

On Mon, 26 Apr 2004, it was written:

> Can anyone point me to some to some study that compares the
> performance of apache configured as a reverse proxy versus direct
> connection to the remote backend web server?

What's on the backend?

If it's a fast server with static pages, proxying will slow it (but
a cacheing proxy may not).  If it's something slow and heavy, proxying
could substantially accelerate it.  Once you reach the point where
the hardware has little to spare, proxying can become a useful part
of a scaling strategy.

You could take a look at esi.org for some background about how some
of the biggest companies use proxying to accelerate their systems
and the internet as a whole.

-- 
Nick Kew

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