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Nginx (pronounced engine-x) is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP
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server and reverse proxy, as well as an IMAP/POP3 proxy server. Igor Sysoev
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started development of Nginx in 2002, with the first public release in 2004.
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Nginx now hosts nearly 12.18% (22.2M) of active sites across all domains.
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Nginx is known for its high performance, stability, rich feature set, simple
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configuration, and low resource consumption.
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Nginx is one of a handful of servers written to address the C10K problem.
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Unlike traditional servers, Nginx doesn't rely on threads to handle requests.
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Instead it uses a much more scalable event-driven (asynchronous) architecture.
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This architecture uses small, but more importantly, predictable amounts of
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memory under load.
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Even if you don't expect to handle thousands of simultaneous requests, you can
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still benefit from Nginx's high-performance and small memory footprint.
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Nginx scales in all directions: from the smallest VPS all the way up to
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clusters of servers.
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Nginx powers several high-visibility sites, such as Netflix, Hulu, Pinterest,
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CloudFlare, Airbnb, WordPress.com, GitHub, SoundCloud, Zynga, Eventbrite,
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Zappos, Media Temple, Heroku, RightScale, Engine Yard and NetDNA.
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