Ok. I found the 'cache stampede' section and how to set that up: set proxy_cache_use_stale to updating. However, I still have a question about that. Say you have one single source server, and several proxy nginx proxies. In front of the nginx proxies are several apaches (may some day also be upgraded to nginx :D). If a new request comes in that would cause a cache stampede, this request will coby Shoikan - Migration from Other Servers
Hi, We are running a server farm that has to serve out many small AND large files (very little in between), that are produced by a single 'source' server. We are running into severe thundering herd scenarios, which we have solved with an ungodly number of squid instances in between. Obviously, we'd like something a bit more intelligent so we are looking at nginx. I've now got a proof of concby Shoikan - Migration from Other Servers