On: Why Use Nginx?

[jstalin]

I dropped Apache in favor of Nginx about two years ago. Haven't looked back since then. It's so much easier to configure and it uses far less memory.

[dTch7 → jstalin]

>it uses far less memory

One of the main selling points for me. Especially for personal projects, I can go with a more affordable vps plan by using nginx instead of apache.

[killerpopiller → jstalin]

I am using lighty for that reasons. Can anyone compare lighttpd with nginx performance on small servers like Pis?

[FooBarWidget → killerpopiller]

I dropped Lighttpd years ago because on some occasions it used 100% CPU for no reason. It didn't make the server crash, and Lighttpd itself appeared to run fine otherwise, but still... the CPU usage was there for no reason. This was never solved, and development also seemed stalled. So I switched away from Lighttpd to Nginx. Nginx just kept working and working, never broke once.