Comments on: Nginx vs. Lighttpd for a small VPS

By: Some Guy

Some Guy — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:49:26 +0000

LOL @ Debianero Rumbero comment #46 in response to #45. Hugo wrote Hiawatha so he knows best =) Nice server by the way.

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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:58:39 +0000

[...] two most popular free, open source light weight web servers. Comparison between these two servers: http://hostingfu.com/article/nginx-vs-lighttpd-for-a-small-vps http://superjared.com/entry/benching-lighttpd-vs-nginx-static-files/ [...]

By: Debianero Rumbero

Debianero Rumbero — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:33:44 +0000

Note: Sorry, there’s a source tarball for Linux ^_^

By: Debianero Rumbero

Debianero Rumbero — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:32:12 +0000

@Hugo, Hiawatha only supports officially MacOS X, Windows and FreeBSD packages.

There isn’t official Linux package.

By: Hugo

Hugo — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:24:12 +0000

You should also take a look at Hiawatha (http://www.hiawatha-webserver.org/). It has been written with security in mind. It’s easy to configure, fast and lightweight.

By: the_guv

the_guv — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:17:09 +0000

well Tom, maybe it was! Thing is, Lighty's a bit resource-heavy, or so I've found on a 360MB Linode. Strikes me Nginx is being better developed these days too, although it could do with a control panel mod for something like Webmin. I realise your comment is old ..

Scotty .. big cheers for this post. It influenced my choice when i looked beyond Apache. Just finished a VPS/Nginx setup series and referenced your article for newbies to consider their web server options ..

Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) - VPS BIBLE Part 1: VPS vs Shared vs Dedicated

My question is, do you have an updated opinion? I notice you're using Nginx for all your sites now. I'd be fascinated to hear a review of the why's and wherefore's.

Best to you.

By: SP

SP — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:26:48 +0000

Interesting article, out of interest, how did you measure the memory usage of the webservers? Did you use a specific linux command?

By: scotty

scotty — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:17:51 +0000

I am now using Nginx on pretty much all my servers now. The progress of Lighttpd development seems to be stalled…

By: j0rd

j0rd — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:25:34 +0000

SO what's the verdict now? Lighttpd or Nginx . I'm also curious as I'm about to launch this endeavor myself. I would have used lighttpd, but what I've been reading seems to suggest people use nginx now.

I've always used apache with mod_proxy and sending static requests to lighttpd. Speeds everything up and lowers memory significantly. But now that I'm going to a VPS with a smaller memory footprint I might go for just Lighttpd or Nginx.

By: kraloyun

kraloyun — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:49:16 +0000

Nice comparsion. What is your opinion about Nginx now? I am really surprised that soup.io uses it, so it seems to be good!a