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who is using lighttpd?
| Posted by nokia3310, 12-24-2012, 03:59 AM |
| i know apache tops the list followed by nginx, but who are the people using lighttpd web server?
I think i can now setup and configure apache and nginx and now gunning for lighttpd to add to my portfolio of skills, but are there many people using this web server known as lighttpd? Is is a great web server? Will you use it in a production environment? for your high traffic website?
Please share.
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| Posted by GreenValueHostGM, 12-24-2012, 03:39 PM |
| I don't have any experience with lightppd nor do I know anyone that uses it. Being the LSWS fanatic that I am, I don't use any other web server to power my websites.
Have you heard of LiteSpeed Web Server?
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| Posted by nokia3310, 12-24-2012, 03:59 PM |
| No i haven't used litespeed and will never, because i like to use opensource softwares and making the best out of them. There is that fun of bringing the best out of opensource softwares, so i will continue to enjoy that fun and build on it/them.
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| Posted by kamal_s, 12-24-2012, 04:08 PM |
| We use Lighttpd on high traffic tube site and can handle dynamic and static content at ease. We chose to go with this since the script supports flv streaming via ligttpd and we sticked to it. Nginx always been the best when it comes to lightweight web server however lighttpd isn't far behind.
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| Posted by nokia3310, 12-24-2012, 06:42 PM |
| i see..what advantage do you think nginx has over lighttpd?
Also i think lighttpd is giving up a fight because their website is like near abandoned..the wikis/documentations are like really useless to say the least and i don't know if they gave up fighting or something.
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| Posted by gone-afk, 12-24-2012, 07:28 PM |
| We use lighttpd on all our high traffic managed video servers. Pseudo streaming with mp4/x264 support is great. The server will dish out several gigabits/sec with almost no noticeable server load. It does seem to get less development attention than nginx, but there aren't any features or updates that I've needed.
edit:
graph of one such server: http://img1.uploadscreenshot.com/ima...03452-orig.jpg this server's load is currently at 0.19
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| Posted by SarahA, 12-24-2012, 07:30 PM |
| Litespeed is a little overrated as far as pricing for the product goes.
Lighttpd is a nice environment which a lot of big company's use to host there websites with, including a few major "hacking" sites a long with youtube.
I've tested both Lighttpd and Nginx and i will say, i see no difference at all, on both little traffic and a lot of traffic.
The only problem with lighttpd is it isn't that easy to setup if you don't like using SSH, but for the most part it's great.
+1 for Lighttpd
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| Posted by jinxiao2010, 12-25-2012, 02:59 AM |
| i don't use lighttpd and will never use it.because it seems the development team does not have a quick speed on bug fixes and the updates seems nearly none
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| Posted by dotHostel, 12-25-2012, 05:43 AM |
| Is is a great web server? YES
Will you use it in a production environment? YES
for your high traffic website? YES
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| Posted by Snoork Hosting, 12-25-2012, 06:07 AM |
| I have used lighttpd in the past, but if I would have to choose I would select Nginx, even over LiteSpeed. With proper optimizations you can get Nginx to work even better than LiteSpeed.
Also Nginx has cPanel plugins that you can install within seconds.
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