# Nginx status: count requests before or after forwarding to backend server? **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [May 19, 2010, 10:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-status-count-requests-before-or-after-forwarding-to-backend-server/188846 "2010-05-19T10:11:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![j0nes2k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@j0nes2k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/j0nes2k)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-status-count-requests-before-or-after-forwarding-to-backend-server/188846/1 "2010-05-19T10:11:46Z")
Hello, I have set up a nginx instance for static content that forwards dynamic content to a backend Apache server via the upstream module. I use munin to monitor both the nginx and Apache requests per second. Now I am wondering how to interpret the results and how the nginx-status works. If I have 10000 requests per second on nginx-status and 2000 requests per second on Apache server-status, does that mean I have a total of 12000 request coming in on my server? Does nginx count a request that is forwarded to Apache and increments its total number of requests in nginx-status? Or does this mean that the 10000 requests per second are what is handled by nginx, not counting the forwarded requests to Apache? Thank you for your answer! Best regards, Jonas Kaufmann Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[nginx status: count requests before or after forwarding to backend server?](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,88022,88022#msg-88022)** > > Hello, I have set up a nginx instance for static content that forwards dynamic content to a backend Apache server via the upstream module. I use munin to monitor both the nginx and Apache requests per second. Now I am wondering how to interpret the... ---
**Author:** ![j0nes2k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@j0nes2k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/j0nes2k)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-status-count-requests-before-or-after-forwarding-to-backend-server/188846/2 "2010-05-20T00:08:25Z")
Hi Nginx counting all connections - from client to nginx and from nginx to backend (apache/fascgi/whatever), so, nginx handle 10k req/s and apache 2k. Little simple math 🙂 apache 2k nginx proxy (connection client-apache, nginx as proxy) - 2k time 2 = 4k nginx all connection 10k nginx static connection, where backend is not involved (nginx all connection minus proxy) - 10k minus 4k = 6k – Best Regards Grzegorz Sieñko 2010/5/19 j0nes2k [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):