Apache versus Nginx (with Mysql and PHP)
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:54 am
Hi,
in about an hour I will be stepping through this VPS tutorial http://www.mckerracher.net/vps for my first time going from local host to a bare minimum starter VPS system to learn the ropes and to get a feel for whether my first and likely only website might fly. Hopefully by the end of the week I have not pulled all my hair out. Anyway, I am always thinking 5 to 10 years ahead and (while investigating setting up a server from my home, studying a bit about T1 lines and learning about co-location), I found this interesting link below about the advantages of using Nginx over Apache. What the author says interests me very much because my website will be process intensive and the speed at which pages comes up will be much more important than fancy jquery stuff (a minimalist website is my rule). I searched the forum for both VSP and Nginx and found nothing (on 2nd thought I did a browser search and should try again with a forum search). Regardless, I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on my going the Nginx route rather than Apache with a low end VPS setup. I will say my first attempt at installing Apache failed because I got the version out of line with the Mysql version or PHP version (can't remember which) and I had to retreat to xampp to get through it (luckily I retained some hair in the process thanks to Xampp and some suggestions from the great people on this forum).
He touches on Apache versus Nginx in the 2nd paragraph labeled "The Web server".
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/11/ ... -server/2/
Thanks,
John
in about an hour I will be stepping through this VPS tutorial http://www.mckerracher.net/vps for my first time going from local host to a bare minimum starter VPS system to learn the ropes and to get a feel for whether my first and likely only website might fly. Hopefully by the end of the week I have not pulled all my hair out. Anyway, I am always thinking 5 to 10 years ahead and (while investigating setting up a server from my home, studying a bit about T1 lines and learning about co-location), I found this interesting link below about the advantages of using Nginx over Apache. What the author says interests me very much because my website will be process intensive and the speed at which pages comes up will be much more important than fancy jquery stuff (a minimalist website is my rule). I searched the forum for both VSP and Nginx and found nothing (on 2nd thought I did a browser search and should try again with a forum search). Regardless, I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on my going the Nginx route rather than Apache with a low end VPS setup. I will say my first attempt at installing Apache failed because I got the version out of line with the Mysql version or PHP version (can't remember which) and I had to retreat to xampp to get through it (luckily I retained some hair in the process thanks to Xampp and some suggestions from the great people on this forum).
He touches on Apache versus Nginx in the 2nd paragraph labeled "The Web server".
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/11/ ... -server/2/
Thanks,
John