From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 17 14:41:48 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D661F106566B for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:41:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=5384dbffd=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from ip-001.utdallas.edu (ip-001.utdallas.edu [129.110.20.107]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A91C68FC17 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:41:48 +0000 (UTC) X-Group: None X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AtsEAPV4BVCBbgogTmdsb2JhbABFqjGPOQEBg0wCgWMaiCCbWoZOmwuRJ2ADiEuOBJFz X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.77,603,1336366800"; d="scan'208";a="101808275" Received: from zxtm01.utdallas.edu (HELO [129.110.200.11]) ([129.110.10.32]) by ip-001.utdallas.edu with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 17 Jul 2012 09:40:41 -0500 Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:40:39 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: FreeBSD Questions List Message-ID: <35DA07557A36800645B39187@localhost> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.1.0a1 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; size=1064 Subject: Apache vs. nginx X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:41:48 -0000 I'm the admin for a small hobby website (Stovebolt.com - about 7 million hits/mo). We're fixin to buy a new server, and since I have to start from scratch (install FreeBSD and all the needed ports), I'm wondering if anyone on this list has switched from Apache to nginx. If you have, what has your experience been like? Was the change relatively easy? (I'm not intimidated by technical details. I've been running FreeBSD on these servers for about 12 years now.) Was the performance better? (We've not been having any problems with Apache to this point.) Is there sufficient support from addon apps to run a site with a php-driven forum? -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell