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# nginx with memcache module... after a request the connection to memcached closes, what gives?

http {
  upstream memcache {
    server 127.0.0.1:11211;
    keepalive 1024 single; # with this or without http://mdounin.ru/hg/ngx_http_upstream_keepalive/
  }

  server {
    listen 80;
    server_name localhost;

    location @fallback {
      root /data/myapp/current/public;
      passenger_enabled on;
    }

    location / {
      set $memcached_key 'thekey';
      memcached_pass memcache;
      default_type text/html;
      error_page 404 502 = @fallback;
    }
  }
}