I'm confused, how does php-fpm connect someone to the right machine? It just looks like basic multiprocessing to me, which should be a basic feature of any dece

I'm confused, how does php-fpm connect someone to the right machine? It just looks like basic multiprocessing to me, which should be a basic feature of any decent http server. Unless you're referring to the 'load balancer' in the comments where someone builds their own multiprocessing by launching multiple servers and putting nginx in front of it. I mean do what you need to do but at least be aware you're hacking together something that should be a basic feature of the http server. If you wish to push me I'd be forced to admit that I don't like load balancers either, but that's because they're doing routing on the application layer which is not ideal and creates a single point of failure. That ship has sailed though.