Specify HT CPU threads as separate cores in nginx.conf?

Question

Nginx

When configuring nginx, it became a question of specifying the number of processor cores.
If the possessor supports Hyper-threading, indicate the physical cores or the total number of threads?
Thank you!

Answer 1

I have never come across a situation in which nginx would really need all the cores in the system. Even if you use compression - usually the application does not rest on nginx and not on the lack of a processor for nginx.
Therefore, there is not much difference, as you point out. I prefer not to have large clusters of processes hanging around in the system, so I don’t run more than 4 nginx workers.