From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 18 11:48:45 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 57361106564A for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:48:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevin.wilcox@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pb0-f54.google.com (mail-pb0-f54.google.com [209.85.160.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21BB88FC15 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:48:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pbbro2 with SMTP id ro2so2690167pbb.13 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 04:48:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=WNm6BBuX6EDj5i5CleT9a6krsPAaTG9hnSyLvn6Ou/M=; b=uD13E6sLPfUcznDUdn6nmUNEuzNzhfuSrirg0otb9rRnOub8lvzEqyh2ojo4Ez94br hXB8zu1jUh6EFBR05FRI/BBuMWAh7nEi9sAWIVQX4GYMkWvVG0O4HbH9W521wy9T3hn7 casUEmnqRcOJ7yv8Tkdl6rIYP5DPHy99T3Rhk6klOYjT8vLOgoSl0pJHFvRznfiWh438 vWlIGf5Guth8Vc9p1Qx5QmJNhAGFmdxvxzP7vQliDiBMROShDHPkhilre5cthtO3XcIm eeQUvzWzUtXkb9D2+6G2UMJY8vD+Q9VQR2900IssLuWE4MbLZ3sxv6sHk2gYciVqzqWb /xSQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.242.7 with SMTP id wm7mr6847729pbc.98.1342612124660; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 04:48:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.51.161 with HTTP; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 04:48:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.51.161 with HTTP; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 04:48:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <35DA07557A36800645B39187@localhost> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:48:44 -0400 Message-ID: From: Kevin Wilcox To: Wojciech Puchar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Paul Schmehl , FreeBSD Questions List Subject: Re: Apache vs. nginx X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:48:45 -0000 On Jul 18, 2012 5:19 AM, "Wojciech Puchar" wrote: >> >> 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. > > > it depends of your needs. This is a fantastic statement (I'm being serious, not facetious), because it really does. For specific purposes - serving static content with few bells and whistles, dedicated PHP application servers for custom apps and stuff like Drupal, I can't see ever going back to Apache. The nginx configs are too clean and too simple. For a large site with more complex authentication and access restriction needs that are handled by the web server, I wouldn't drift from Apache - not because I think nginx couldn't handle it but because I don't know if it could and because I am less comfortable with saying I did it properly with nginx than saying the same thing about Apache. kmw