Apache vs Nginx : Web Server Performance DeathmatchDeathmatch may be an overstatement but here are the results from some performance benchmarking. The Setup: Server: CENTOS 5.1 Dual 2.4GHz Xeon CPUs 4GB RAM RAID5 (4 x 15k disks) Server and test client were connected via a consumer grade 10/100 switch Configurations: Basic static vhost Keepalive turned on and with timeout of 15 seconds GZIP turned on I used autobench to perform the tests. Basically
