August 2017
Intermediate to advanced
278 pages
8h 53m
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Using a persistent HTTP connection between the server and the browser speeds up additional requests, as there's no extra handshaking required. Especially over more latent connections, this can increase the overall performance. If NGINX is being used as a reverse proxy (as detailed in Chapter 7, Reverse Proxy), it's also important to ensure that these connections have keepalive enabled to ensure high throughput while minimizing latency. The following diagram highlights both areas where the keepalive packets are important to maintain high performance:

This persistent connection remains established using Keep Alive ...
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