When it comes to speed, considering you are using nginx, the way to go is using nginx as an app server not just fastcgi frontend. Lua-nginx-module combined with

When it comes to speed, considering you are using nginx, the way to go is using nginx as an app server not just fastcgi frontend. Lua-nginx-module combined with proper database module (async with connection pool support like ngx_drizzle or ngx_postgres) can give you speed. OpenResty provides the simplified preconfigured way to try it and adds some features too. http://agentzh.org/misc/slides/libdrizzle-lua-nginx http://agentzh.org/misc/slides/libdrizzle-lua-nginx