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Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred Python stack for high traf... by reinhardt on Monday August 22, 2011 @09:27AM (#2912358)
I don't hear varnish and haproxy being used together often, especially when nginx is also in the mix. Are they really complementary and worth the extra complexity?
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Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred Python stack for high traf... by ghotli on Monday August 22, 2011 @10:20AM (#2912522)
At scale yes. They're built to solve different problems and excel at each individually. Nginx can proxy, but HAProxy is more flexible. Nginx can cache, but Varnish is much more flexible and efficient. We use all three technologies and route the traffic to the service best suited for the traffic.
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