Apache or Ngnix

[Allan]

I setting up a vps and was wondering which is actually better. Apache is proven but Ngnix is fast.

 

[Allan]

After reading everywhere I could I think Ngnix is what I will go with.

 

[Sam]

Our shared server is equipped with cPNginx. I think the graph at the bottom of the page explains why Nginx is such a popular webserver: http://cpnginx.com/.

 

[Allan]

I have heard of them before, will have to check them out.

 

[Ramkumar]

Ngnix is faster than apache.

 

[Jordan Smith]

We use Ngnix for our SaaS Frontend Servers I will never switch back to Apache, Our SaaS application is quite big so Ngnix does a neat job of getting it served fast!

 

[Allan]

I heard Ngnix is a lot faster but Apache has a more users and tools.

 

[Jordan Smith]

Apache is better for shared hosting and having tools, but with the great support team at RackSpace I wouldn't change back to apache in a hurry!

 

[Allan]

In time though Nginx will build up to be that way as well, I think they are still fairly new on market.

 

[Jordan Smith]

Yep, the only thing I hate about ngnix is that you can't use htaccess files which is highly annoying!

 

[Allan]

I agree, I think many have come to depend on the htaccess as a normal part of their sites.

 

[Jordan Smith]

Yep, having to covert the htaccess into something ngnix can read and then go deep into the ngnix config files to add in the converted lines is a pain in the arse!

 

[Alex - Arvixe]

In time though Nginx will build up to be that way as well, I think they are still fairly new on market.

If I recall correctly development began in 2002 with a release a couple years later on. Apache is a process based server with Nginx being event based and that is the key difference.

 

[Jordan Smith]

The only thing I find annoying about Ngnix is that it doesn't support true htaccess so you have to convert it to something it can read which is the only annoying thing. Apart from that I wouldn't be in a hurry to switch back to apache!