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hmarsili
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MIKROTIK REVERSE PROXY VS APACHE MOD_PROXY

Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:41 am

Hi,

We have around 10 webservers behind the same IP. Currently, a virtual machine (dual vcpu 1.6ghz) with 2gb of RAM is the REVERSE PROXY to access the internal servers. Nevertheless, this machine is not dedicated to this function, perform it very well.

I found and article to handle multiple web servers with MIKROTIK: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Multiple_Web_Servers

We have two RB750G. We tested with 1 webserver and works GREAT. The problem is, performance was degrated. The average load time with the APACHE REVERSE PROXY for the home page was 4 seconds while using MIKROTIK was 6 seconds (always testing with clean cache).

Of course, the apache box is much larger, but Mikrotik is dedicated and more lightweight platform.

I'm not sure if this results are OK or I miss configured something.

Regards
Hernán.
 
blake
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Re: MIKROTIK REVERSE PROXY VS APACHE MOD_PROXY

Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:43 am

MikroTik was not designed for this. First and foremost it is a router operating system. Everything else is just interesting additions.

Look at Squid, nginx, or Varnish Cache. They're designed for that type of application.

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