Vote for Lighttpd to improve server performance!

Vote for Lighttpd to improve server performance!

Posted by: diwu1989
Posted on: 2007-03-19 13:00:00

Hi,
I'm sure that many of us know about the performance edge that Lighttpd has over Apache2. If you are unfamiliar about the subject, please look at this:
http://weblog.textdrive.com/article/44/taking-a-full-frontal-slashdot-lighttpdly

Lighttpd has an overwhelming performance lead over Apache and when implemented correctly, it can benefit shared server environments greatly by boosting the performance of every single website on the server!

Please search for "lighttpd" inside the Dreamhost panel under Home >> Suggestions >> Filter Suggestions

There is a suggestion from 2005-09-08 for Lighttpd, please vote on it. Hopefully, Dreamhost will provide a beta test server running Lighttpd and volunteers can reap the extra performance and prove that Lighttpd really is a superior web server than Apache2.

Thanks for your time! I am doing this because my site experienced the slashdot effect a week ago and I think encouraging the deployment Lighttpd will ease the strain of future slashdot effects greatly.



Re: Vote for Lighttpd to improve server performanc

Posted by: genesteinberg
Posted on: 2007-03-19 13:26:00

In reply to:


Hi,
I'm sure that many of us know about the performance edge that Lighttpd has over Apache2. If you are unfamiliar about the subject, please look at this:
http://weblog.textdrive.com/article/44/taking-a-full-frontal-slashdot-lighttpdly

Lighttpd has an overwhelming performance lead over Apache and when implemented correctly, it can benefit shared server environments greatly by boosting the performance of every single website on the server!

Please search for "lighttpd" inside the Dreamhost panel under Home >> Suggestions >> Filter Suggestions

There is a suggestion from 2005-09-08 for Lighttpd, please vote on it. Hopefully, Dreamhost will provide a beta test server running Lighttpd and volunteers can reap the extra performance and prove that Lighttpd really is a superior web server than Apache2.

Thanks for your time! I am doing this because my site experienced the slashdot effect a week ago and I think encouraging the deployment Lighttpd will ease the strain of future slashdot effects greatly.

Here's a foolish question: How would changing Web apps impact performance and/or compatibility for the stuff people are using on this service, such as WordPress, etc., etc.?


Peace,
Gene Steinberg
Co-Host, The Paracast
http://www.theparacast.com
My DreamHost Promo Plan—Use the code: ROCKS

Re: Vote for Lighttpd to improve server performanc

Posted by: Lensman
Posted on: 2007-03-19 14:19:00

In reply to:

Here's a foolish question: How would changing Web apps impact performance and/or compatibility for the stuff people are using on this service, such as WordPress, etc., etc.?

From looking at this guys experiences, it looks like a lot of stuff would run with some custom coding - though I'd expect over time that the webapps would come out with lighttpd compatible versions and that DreamHost could create single-click installers for these apps under lighttpd as well.

Re: Vote for Lighttpd to improve server performanc

Posted by: genesteinberg
Posted on: 2007-03-19 14:45:00

In reply to:

From looking at this guys experiences, it looks like a lot of stuff would run with some custom coding - though I'd expect over time that the webapps would come out with lighttpd compatible versions and that DreamHost could create single-click installers for these apps under lighttpd as well.

As soon as you throw in "custom coding," you create endless hassles, which is why I don't think they'd do it any time soon unless they could easily address that.

Speaking as a dabbler -- rather than a Web expert -- I am perfectly capable of doing manual installs of WordPress, vBulletin and all the rest, doing light coding and figuring out a few basic things about PHP -- and cutting and pasting of course.

I shouldn't want to do anything custom. :(


Peace,
Gene Steinberg
Co-Host, The Paracast
http://www.theparacast.com
My DreamHost Promo Plan—Use the code: ROCKS

Re: Vote for Lighttpd to improve server performanc

Posted by: kchrist
Posted on: 2007-03-19 15:07:00

Wordpress itself should run fine, but lighttpd doesn't support Apache config files, so your mod_rewrite rules in .htaccess won't work. You'd need to rewrite them in a format that lighty's mod_rewrite can understand.