Tag: optimizing-nginx

This is post 3 of 3 in the series “Nginx Optimization” Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt1 : Configure Worker Processes for NGINX Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt2 : Caching Static Website Data Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt3 : Disable Access Logs and Reduce Disk Writes Part 3: Disable Access Logs to Reduce Disk Writes Access Logs Explained: Nginx records (writes) each and every request to a file called ‘access.log’.  Each visit to your website might result in dozens of individual requests…

This is post 2 of 3 in the series “Nginx Optimization” Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt1 : Configure Worker Processes for NGINX Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt2 : Caching Static Website Data Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt3 : Disable Access Logs and Reduce Disk Writes Part 2: Cache Static Content: Content Caching Explained: Data Caching is the process of storing data for faster retrieval. In the case of Nginx, it’s the temporary storage of web pages in order to reduce…

This is post 1 of 3 in the series “Nginx Optimization” Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt1 : Configure Worker Processes for NGINX Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt2 : Caching Static Website Data Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt3 : Disable Access Logs and Reduce Disk Writes  What is Nginx: As stated on the Nginx Wikipedia Page, “Nginx (pronounced “engine-x”) is an open source reverse proxy server for HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP protocols, as well as a load balancer, HTTP…