Even if your app does not use a database then you've still got bigger problems. Optimizing Nginx is often a bit of a joke as you don't really get a lot for your

Even if your app does not use a database then you've still got bigger problems. Optimizing Nginx is often a bit of a joke as you don't really get a lot for your effort. I think reducing the IO impact of Nginx is probably the best thing you can do. CPU wise you're kinda stuck with the awesome stock performance.