Web Servers: Architecture, Tuning, and Scaling
Web Servers: Architecture, Tuning, and Scaling Web servers sit at the heart of every online service. They handle connections, serve static files, and forward dynamic work to application code. A clear architecture helps responses stay fast and reliable, even when traffic grows. Two common models exist. Event-driven servers like Nginx or Caddy excel with many concurrent connections and small requests. Traditional multi‑process servers like Apache with prefork are easy to set up but can use more memory. Some teams mix models: a fast proxy in front, backed by a dynamic backend. ...