# Nginx Connections dipped on reload

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-connections-dipped-on-reload/213000>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [October 20, 2011, 11:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-connections-dipped-on-reload/213000 "2011-10-20T11:48:55Z")\
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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:** [October 20, 2011, 11:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-connections-dipped-on-reload/213000/1 "2011-10-20T11:48:55Z")

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Our Setup:

- We are using Nginx as load balancer and using ip\_hash
- Two backend nodes with each can accept ‘x’ connections and Nginx  
connections are ‘2x’

Yesterday we had huge traffic so decided to increase backed node  
connections so increased it by ‘y’ and restarted backend nodes and  
reloaded the Nginx . We have Observed that Nginx connections dipped on  
reload?

Why Nginx connections dipped on reload ? any idea?

Thanks  
Kamalakar

Posted at Nginx Forum:

> **[Nginx Connections dipped on reload](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,216947,216947#msg-216947)**
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> Our Setup: \* We are using Nginx as load balancer and using ip\_hash \* Two backend nodes with each can accept 'x' connections and Nginx connections are '2x' Yesterday we had huge traffic so decided to increase backed node connections so increased it by...