Nginx and Memcached, a 400% boost!

seems another way to speed the request responses

http://www.igvita.com/2008/02/11/nginx-and-memcached-a-400-boost/

Nginx, by default, comes prepackaged with the Memcached module, which allows us to bypass the Mongrel servers and talk to Memcached directly. Same hardware, and a quick test later: ~3,550 req/s, or almost a 400% improvement! Not bad for a five minute tweak!