# Questions about fair\_upstream module **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [March 14, 2012, 11:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/questions-about-fair-upstream-module/217826 "2012-03-14T11:18:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 11:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/questions-about-fair-upstream-module/217826/1 "2012-03-14T11:18:48Z")
Hi, I’m actually serving pages using nginx-1.0.13 on fbsd-8.2 amd64 with 3 backends (fbsd-8.2 amd64 with apache-2.2.22) and I’m using the default rr upstream algorithm. I am trying to switch to an algorithm different from rr, and I am thinking to the fair upstream module. Well, the homepage of the project seems quite old (and so it’s ticketing system: [http://nginx.localdomain.pl/report/6](http://nginx.localdomain.pl/report/6)) and that’s not a good starting point 🙂 Anyway, “googling” around searching for tips and use cases, I found: > **[Comparing Nginx and HAProxy for web applications](https://affectioncode.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/comparing-nginx-and-haproxy-for-web-applications/)** > > The last few days I have been comparing Nginx to HAProxy, with surprising results. First, a bit of background. For a long time we at Bengler have been using Nginx as the main web server for our pro… that seems a very old post. Does anyone use fair-upstream module in production? Any hints or tips before trying it? Differences between fair-module and haproxy? Thanks in advance, – d. ---
**Author:** ![Davide\_DSAmico](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Davide\_DSAmico](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Davide_DSAmico)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 12:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/questions-about-fair-upstream-module/217826/2 "2012-03-14T12:19:11Z")
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:18:09AM +0100, Davide D’Amico wrote: > starting point 🙂 > > Anyway, “googling” around searching for tips and use cases, I found: > **[Comparing Nginx and HAProxy for web applications](https://affectioncode.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/comparing-nginx-and-haproxy-for-web-applications/)** > > The last few days I have been comparing Nginx to HAProxy, with surprising results. First, a bit of background. For a long time we at Bengler have been using Nginx as the main web server for our pro… > that seems a very old post. > > Does anyone use fair-upstream module in production? Any hints or tips > before trying it? > > Differences between fair-module and haproxy? Just the note: nginx with nginx\_upstream\_fair module version 20090923 (i.e. dated material) available from FreeBSD ports tree. haproxy is the different product, the proxy server. – Sergey A. Osokin [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![Davide\_DSAmico](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Davide\_DSAmico](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Davide_DSAmico)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 7:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/questions-about-fair-upstream-module/217826/3 "2012-03-15T07:53:56Z")
In data 14 marzo 2012 alle ore 13:00:00, [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ha scritto: > > backends (fbsd-8.2 amd64 with apache-2.2.22) and I’m using the default > > (i.e. dated material) available from FreeBSD ports tree. > So if I wish to use upstream\_fair I have to compile it? Or newer > versions > of upstream\_fair don’t compile on fbsd-8? > haproxy is the different product, the proxy server. Yes, and I don’t want to install other two server carp’ed in a chain to use haproxy ☹ – d.