Should I use Varnish with nginx?

Question

Nginx

Does it make sense to use Varnish as a "reverse proxy" for nginx?
Or does nginx itself do a good job as an HTTP cache?

Answer 1

Varnish starts showing up if you use ESI.
Without ESI, well-configured nginx + php-fpm go ahead.
Tests: todsul.com/nginx-varnish
Configuration example with ESI: github.com/Inori/symfony2-nginx-varnish

Answer 2

It strongly depends on the application, of course, but most often, the use of such a bundle is completely unjustified. Yes, and using varnish in general where it doesn’t get is often a bad idea, if only because of its rather strange use of memory.