We run exactly that setup. Apache on the front end proxying and doing SSL for a mish-mash of Java EE, .Net and native apache modules. There's very little laten

We run exactly that setup. Apache on the front end proxying and doing SSL for a mish-mash of Java EE, .Net and native apache modules. There's very little latency added, it allows centralised logging and TBH apache is a ton more reliable than anything else out there. Does about 2-3 million requests a day.