nginx + php (without apache) works nice for me, why would you bother having apache killing your memory if you have nginx as a webserver on the box already? just run php-fcgi and nginx in front, should be good enough. another alternative could be lighttpd, works quite nice with php as well.
cheers lenz On 7/15/10, Dave Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm intrigued to see so many people concerned with the performance of > Apache. If you're writing a PHP app, surely the performance bottleneck > will be PHP and perhaps the database connection(s) rather than the > webserver, no? Perhaps if your site is mostly cached static content, it > makes sense, but otherwise isn't it just complicating your life given > how universal support for Apache is? > > Cheers, > > Dave > > > On 15/07/10 09:45, Warwick wrote: > > Hi there > > > > I need a very fast, versatile and scalable web server set up to serve > > a (hopefully) viral application. Have been looking at nginx from the > > recommendation of a colleague but would appreciate comments, thoughts > > and suggestions from the group please. > > > > Will be using php/mysql at this stage for the app, although that could > > change too. > > > > Any thoughts please? Any experiences? > > > > Thanks > > Warwick > > > > -- > > Dave Lane, Egressive Ltd [email protected] m +64212298147 p +6439633733 > http://egressive.com Free/OpenSourceSoftware: because to share is human > Only use Open Standards - w3.org, Drupal powers communities - drupal.org > Effusion Group http://effusiongroup.com Software Patents kill innovation > > > -- > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] -- twitter: @norbu09 current project: iWantMyName.com painless domain registration (finally) -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
