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Add to SafariWhen comparing Nginx vs OpenLiteSpeed, the Slant community recommends Nginx for most people. In the question“What are the best web servers?” Nginx is ranked 1st while OpenLiteSpeed is ranked 8th.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Free and open source
Pro Fast and built for scalability
Nginx is event-driven, asynchronous, non-blocking and single threaded (one master process + worker processes). This allows nginx to be manage resources more efficiently compared to thread-based models (like Apache).
Pro Lightweight
Nginx offers a more basic set of functions out of the box compared most web servers. Extra functionality can be added via modules.
Pro Highly efficient memory use
Pro Highly efficient CPU use
Pro Advanced load balancing and caching
Pro Event Based Request Handling
Does not fork/thread per request.
Pro Easily configurable
Configuration files are concise and simple.
Pro GUI
OpenLiteSpeed has a GUI for easier setup.
Pro Open Source
OpenLiteSpeed is the open source version of the LiteSpeed web server.
Cons
Con Multiple steps
Some things require multiple steps, like creating a listener and a virtual host or a reverse proxy.
