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by dsl 2657 days ago
NGINX was already paywalling bug fixes once they launched Pro.

proxy_pass for example will only resolve a hostname at the time the configuration is parsed, unless you use a convoluted variable hack. This was a serious issue requiring you to restart your fleet if a backend server changed IPs. The bug fix for this was implemented only in Pro and sold as "DNS for Service Discovery."
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keypusher 2657 days ago
Put a load balancer between your reverse proxy and your backends. Problem solved.
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corebit 2657 days ago
What do you think nginx was being used for?
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brightball 2657 days ago
How’s Apache doing these days? Haven’t looked in a while
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skoskie 2657 days ago
Nowhere near as fast with concurrent connections.
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jimjag 2656 days ago
That is simply untrue. Apache 2.4.x w/ the Event MPM is just as fast and actually has lower latency. That FUD has long, long since been disproved.
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