Nginx gives Apache a run for its web requests

By Prakash / 1-Dec-2010

Nginx (pronounced asï»¿ engine-X) is beating Apache as a web server in terms of performance. Its being used by WordPress, Hulu and SourceForge. As per recent Netcraft survey, its already the number 3 web server after Apache and Microsoft with 6.62 percent marketshare.

In a test carried out by Linux Journal, Nginx beat Apache by nearly double performance with less than 1/2 the resources. Its able to do this because of its architecture and yes its open source.

Web Server	Worker Processes	CPU Utilisation	Memory Used	requests served
Nginx	1	15%	1MB	11,500
Apache	4ï»¿ï»¿ (threaded mode)	30%	17MB	6,500

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