On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:12 PM, Calomel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nuno, > > I would highly suggest looking into Nginx. It is easy to build from > source and runs efficiently, using little memory or CPU time. Even > though it is a light web server compared to Apache, Nginx is able to > handle high traffic loads. The WordPress blogging system recently > converted all of its load balancers to Nginx, using the upstream hash > module to serve 8-9 thousand requests per second. > > Unlike lighttpd, the author is actively developing Nginx and the > community is constantly building add on modules. Finally, you can > easily secure Nginx to better protect your machine from abusive > clients. >
current problem for nginx is, it doesn't handle php-fastcgi process spawning. AFAIK it can be solved with either patching php manually with php-fpm ( http://php-fpm.anight.org/ ) or using lighttpd's spawn-fcgi. IMO, in general, configuring lighttpd+php is easier than nginx+php. YMMV > Nginx web server "how to" > https://calomel.org/nginx.html > > -- > Calomel @ https://calomel.org > Open Source Research and Reference > > > On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 03:14:40PM +0100, Nuno Magalh??es wrote: >>I have an old Compaq Armada 1500c with 32MB of RAM i want to use as a >>webserver. Having it support PHP and mySQL would be fun since i intend >>to use both. The same machine has sshd running and might also become a >>print-server for a parallel Epson Stylus Color 740 if i can decide on >>the print server (apparently either cups or lpd, whichever's lighter). >> >>I haven't fiddled with it a whole lot, it's mostly just on and showing >>top through ssh. Right now its memory line is this: >>Memory: Real: 7200K/20M act/tot Free: 3944K Swap: 0K/66M used/tot >>with its most cpu-intensive process being sendmail. I have no >>mailserver, what's that for? >> >>So, big servers like Apache are kind of out of the question. From the >>package list i found Bozotic, lighttpd, nginx, p5-HTTP-Server-Simple >>and thttpd. Of those, nginx caught my eye and while searching i came >>across cherokee-project.com, Hiawatha (hiawatha.leisink.org) and also >>shttpd.sourceforge.net >> >>Is anyone using any of these or a lightweight httpd in general? I >>don't mean small as in d116.com/ace/ nor are my resources as low as >>d116.com/spud/ but useful input would be welcome. Ya know, the >>constructive criticism type. >> >>TIA >> >>-- >>Nuno MagalhC#es
