# Formatting of nginx.conf -- any impact on performance?

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**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [May 31, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-of-nginx-conf-any-impact-on-performance/207653 "2011-05-31T02:07:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-of-nginx-conf-any-impact-on-performance/207653/1 "2011-05-31T02:07:16Z")

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Hi. Probably a silly question, but I have noticed that if I have a  
properly tabbed/spaced config file, the performance of nginx goes down.  
Is this a valid observation?

Thanks.

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> **[Formatting of nginx.conf -- any impact on performance?](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,202451,202451#msg-202451)**
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> Hi. Probably a silly question, but I have noticed that if I have a properly tabbed/spaced config file, the performance of nginx goes down. Is this a valid observation? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![pk899](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@pk899](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pk899)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-of-nginx-conf-any-impact-on-performance/207653/2 "2011-05-31T04:07:42Z")

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On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 08:07:03PM -0400, pk899 wrote:

> Hi. Probably a silly question, but I have noticed that if I have a  
> properly tabbed/spaced config file, the performance of nginx goes down.  
> Is this a valid observation?

No.

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Igor S.