Choosing NginX vs Apache
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Interesting. I've not really seen much NginX interest. I wonder who is really using it.
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Mostly CMS sites coded with PHP that have high traffic are usually looking to Nginx to solve speed issues along with other things like Varnish.
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Isn't PHP performance where Apache wins, though?
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@scottalanmiller Depends on the situation and the server (shared or not). From the article: "If you’re going to be hosting many sites and many applications with this server, like a bunch of Wordpress sites, the answer is less clear. In that case PHP becomes much more of a bottleneck than either of the web server choices."
From my Googling over the years, Apache is still the choice for most SMB CMS websites that get low to moderate traffic.
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@technobabble said:
@scottalanmiller Depends on the situation and the server (shared or not). From the article: "If you’re going to be hosting many sites and many applications with this server, like a bunch of Wordpress sites, the answer is less clear. In that case PHP becomes much more of a bottleneck than either of the web server choices."
From my Googling over the years, Apache is still the choice for most SMB CMS websites that get low to moderate traffic.
I thought that they were saying that PHP is a bottleneck.... So Apache makes more sense again based on the use of PHP. Look at the larger context. That's how I thought that that was applied.
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@scottalanmiller I found the article I was thinking of, http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/18/nginx-the-web-server-tech-youve-never-heard-of-that-powers-netflix-facebook-wordpress-and-more/
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And found out that it's pronounced Engine X.
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