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nginx can sit between the web browser and the web server. In this position it can offload some of the work for the web server(s). In addition to caching data, nginx can handle URL rewriting, data compression, byte ranges, chunked responses, image resizing, SSL and many other tasks. nginx has support for virtual hosts and can proxy for multiple groups of web servers. nginx can also proxy for IMAP, SMTP and POP3 mail protocols including all three protocols over SSL. In October of 2011, Netcraft claimed that nginx has more than 11%[0] of the web server market and is growing. Learn about the up and coming web server that has already arrived.
[0] http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2011/10/06/october-2011-web-server-sur...
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