IIS6. blech. Configuration control is a nightmare with it. I wish IIS had even 1/2 the functionality of Apache or 1/2 the speed of nginx/lighttpd!
Poll: What web server do you use?
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#22I am currently using Apache and its the only web server I ever used, I have looked in to Lighttpd and Nginx but never actually used it. Can anyone tell me why I should use the other two over Apache? The main reason I am using Apache because it has a large user base, community and documentation that I can rely on if I ever need any help.
I switched to nginx because it was leaner than apache, and the specific use case I had for it was load balancing (and eventually proxy caching) and static content. Apache is great because of the amount of options it has, it's the swiss army knife of web servers. However, if you really don't need your web server to do a lot, I've found that other systems are a more efficient choice, especially when you're trying to squeeze a lot out of small VPS machines.
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#23It's possible to use Apache and Mongrel. In fact, Mongrel shouldn't really be on the list because it can't serve web pages by itself.
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#24Tornado
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#25I was using Nginx for static files and a reverse proxy (+balancer) to CherryPy until recently. Now switched to Nginx + uWSGI for everything and couldn't be happier. Nginx is very fast, even when on-the-fly Gzip is enabled.
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#26I've used Hunchentoot (weitz.de/hunchentoot) in production with strong track record.
antiweb (hoytech.com/antiweb) also looks promising, but I haven't put anything into production with it yet.
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#27I was using Nginx for static files and a reverse proxy (+balancer) to CherryPy until recently. Now switched to Nginx + uWSGI for everything and couldn't be happier. Nginx is very fast, even when on-the-fly Gzip is enabled.
I'm currently running Nginx+CherryPy and I'm if you'd like to comment on why you switched to uWSGI, what you gained and if you'd recommend it?
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#28Apache with worker mpm to serve the site.
Nginx for static content
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#29We use Apache with ModWsgi and Nginx, pretty standard for a django project.
FWIW, I'm using the same setup for my Django site.
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#30How did you do this? With the voting?