Proxying to Apache for dynamic requests is still a win if you let nginx buffer the response. This local transfer is fast, which frees the apache process, and a

Proxying to Apache for dynamic requests is still a win if you let nginx buffer the response. This local transfer is fast, which frees the apache process, and all the memory it uses, to serve the next dynamic request while nginix takes care of emptying the buffered data to the "slow" client. At the same time, you get to tap the vast knowlwge base for deploying php apps on apache.