February 14th, 2007
Lighttpd vs. Nginx
SuperJared has performed some http benchmarking on a 1gig Slice. Check out the results if you’re considering Lighttpd or Nginx instead of Apache.
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SuperJared has performed some http benchmarking on a 1gig Slice. Check out the results if you’re considering Lighttpd or Nginx instead of Apache.
March 17th, 2008 at 10:00 PM olk
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March 17th, 2008 at 10:00 PM carlity
I thought Nginx was supposed to be faster, but it seems lighty is actual just a tiny bit faster.
June 24th, 2010 at 02:42 PM Matt
I haven’t seen the difference, my opinion there is one same core.
July 16th, 2010 at 09:08 AM Dennis
Nice comparison. I was looking to dabble w/ Nginx more, but seems Lightty is still best for my needs.