Installing nginx & php-fpm
nginx] is a reverse mail/http proxy and web server written by Igor Sysoev. It's shown some very tempting [http://www.joeandmotorboat.com/2008/02/28/apache-vs-nginx-web-server-performance-deathmatch/] over apache. Originally written and mostly used in the russian community, it has found a place in the english speaking community and there are now english] written for it. PHP-FPM is a php-fastcgi replacement that had various performance and other improvements over the one included in php. As of PHP 5.2.12, PHP-FPM has migrated from being a patch applied to PHP's source to a standalone]. For more about running nginx, php-fpm, and the reason for choosing this architecture, see MigratingFromApacheToNginx.
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