{"id":10702,"date":"2021-07-10T09:06:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T09:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ded9.com\/?p=10702"},"modified":"2025-11-16T13:41:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T13:41:27","slug":"what-is-nginx-and-its-advantages-and-disadvantages-and-comparison-with-apache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ded9.com\/tr\/what-is-nginx-and-its-advantages-and-disadvantages-and-comparison-with-apache\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Nginx \u2014 Its Advantages & Disadvantages + Comparison with Apache"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nginx, pronounced “engine-ex”, is an open source web server currently used as a Reverse Proxy, Load Balancer, and HTTP Cache.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Many well-known companies, such as Intel, Apple, Twitter, Facebook, Google, IBM, and Microsoft, are currently using Nginx. Nginx was first developed by Igor Sysoev in October 2004 with the goal of solving the C10K problem.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Because Nginx was built to improve the performance of web services, it often outperforms other popular web servers in benchmark testing, especially if these tests are related to static content or a large number of simultaneous requests.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Reverse Proxy<\/strong>: In computer networks such as the Internet, a reverse proxy is commonly referred to as a proxy server that is accessible from public networks.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Load Balancer<\/strong>: In computing, the process of distributing tasks over a set of resources to increase overall processing efficiency is called Load Balancing or Balanced Process Distributor.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

C10K Problem<\/strong>: A popular term on the web with the theme of managing the performance of 10,000 concurrent connections.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

How does the Nginx Web Server work?<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Nginx Web Server is built to manage a large number of concurrent processes with minimal memory usage. Instead of creating new processes for each web request, Nginx uses a concurrent, event-driven approach in which requests are processed in a single directory.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, with Nginx, a Master Process can control several smaller workflows. In this way, the main process is only the management of labor processes, and the labor processes do the processing and the final order. Because the Nginx operating system is synchronous, labor processes can make any request without interrupting other requests. The most important features of Nginx are:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n