# Making nginx "feel" faster? **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [March 8, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-nginx-feel-faster/131346 "2008-03-08T16:07:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phillip\_B\_Oldham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Phillip\_B\_Oldham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Phillip_B_Oldham)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-nginx-feel-faster/131346/1 "2008-03-08T16:07:38Z")
Hi guys I’m working on a mediatemple server (US) from the UK and it looks like there’s a limit with the bandwidth from the server. Sites on that box are slow, whether they’re dynamic or not. nginx has 8 worker threads (with 8 php-fastcgi threads waiting), keepalive is set to 3, static files are being told to cache, and gzip is enabled. Are there any other tweaks I can do to nginx to make the responses feel faster? Maybe reduce the chunk size or something? Cheers, Phill ---
**Author:** ![Phillip\_B\_Oldham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Phillip\_B\_Oldham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Phillip_B_Oldham)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-nginx-feel-faster/131346/2 "2008-03-08T21:26:52Z")
On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 02:51:56PM +0000, Phillip B Oldham wrote: > Hi guys > > I’m working on a mediatemple server (US) from the UK and it looks like > there’s a limit with the bandwidth from the server. Sites on that box > are slow, whether they’re dynamic or not. nginx has 8 worker threads > (with 8 php-fastcgi threads waiting), keepalive is set to 3, static > files are being told to cache, and gzip is enabled. You do not need worker per each php-fastcgi process. Single worker is enough for this. > Are there any other tweaks I can do to nginx to make the responses feel > faster? Maybe reduce the chunk size or something? I have no idea. Have do you tried other servers: lighttpd, Apache in this environment ? ---
**Author:** ![Phillip\_B\_Oldham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Phillip\_B\_Oldham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Phillip_B_Oldham)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-nginx-feel-faster/131346/3 "2008-03-10T10:18:07Z")
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 07:52:29AM +0000, Phillip B Oldham wrote: > Yes - lighttpd had lots of problems with 500 errors due to php processes > ending unexpectedly. Haven’t tried apache, but I don’t much fancy > playing with fastcgi with apache or re-compiling php. But what about response feeling ? Did lighttpd send static faster ? ---
**Author:** ![Phillip\_B\_Oldham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Phillip\_B\_Oldham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Phillip_B_Oldham)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-nginx-feel-faster/131346/4 "2008-03-10T12:04:01Z")
The response felt worse, to my memory. We dropped it very quickly because of the 500 errors due to the php issue: they were making our site totally unusable. I thought there might’ve been some tweaks we could do to reponse packet size or something to help speed things up. If not its not a problem - we’ll probably just move server to one based in the UK so we don’t have the trans-atlantic jump. ---
**Author:** ![Phillip\_B\_Oldham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Phillip\_B\_Oldham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Phillip_B_Oldham)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-nginx-feel-faster/131346/5 "2008-03-10T09:01:18Z")
Yes - lighttpd had lots of problems with 500 errors due to php processes ending unexpectedly. Haven’t tried apache, but I don’t much fancy playing with fastcgi with apache or re-compiling php. Igor S. wrote: > > > > environment ? – _Phillip B Oldham_ The Activity People removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) * * * _Policies_ This e-mail and its attachments are intended for the above named recipient(s) only and may be confidential. If they have come to you in error, please reply to this e-mail and highlight the error. No action should be taken regarding content, nor must you copy or show them to anyone. This e-mail has been created in the knowledge that Internet e-mail is not a 100% secure communications medium, and we have taken steps to ensure that this e-mail and attachments are free from any virus. We must advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they are completely virus free, and that you understand and observe the lack of security when e-mailing us.