# Obtaining req/s or connections/sec sent to a backend-server? **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [August 6, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/obtaining-req-s-or-connections-sec-sent-to-a-backend-server/236119 "2013-08-06T23:55:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alcina](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a587f6/32.png) [@alcina](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alcina)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/obtaining-req-s-or-connections-sec-sent-to-a-backend-server/236119/1 "2013-08-06T23:55:14Z")
Hello Nginx I understand that nginx when uses as a reverse proxy does not allow me to poll for stats regarding the amount of connections/requests sent to backend servers. Id like to know if there is creative way I can do this without parsing the logs ? I want to do this almost as a live feed and parsing the logs would mean a very cpu intenstive job. Iam sure many of us have been faced with the same dilema… Perhaps a way to query the kernel network stack efficiently and directly with the backend ips as keys? Thanks Alex ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_Flex](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Alex\_Flex](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alex_Flex)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/obtaining-req-s-or-connections-sec-sent-to-a-backend-server/236119/2 "2013-08-07T03:06:16Z")
Hello! On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Alex Flex wrote: > to poll for stats regarding the amount of connections/requests sent to > backend servers. Id like to know if there is creative way I can do this > without parsing the logs ? This is a trivial task if you write a simple tool based on systemtap or dtrace 🙂 Take a look at my Nginx Systemtap Toolkit for some examples: ``` https://github.com/agentzh/nginx-systemtap-toolkit ``` Best regards, -agentzh