I ran a simple test against Nginx v0.5.22 and Apache v2.2.8 using ab (Apache’s benchmarking tool). During the tests, I monitored the system with vmstat and top. The results indicate that Nginx outperforms Apache when serving static content. Both servers performed best with a concurrency of 100. Apache used four worker processes (threaded mode), 30%… More »
Category Archive for ‘Caching’ 
Increase Page Loading Speed by 300% with W3 Total Cache
I recently answered a question over at WordPress Answers, Stack Exchanges new WordPress question and answer site, about best practices for using a caching plugin with a shared host. Not all WordPress users are able to host their blog or website on a private server or VPS and need a way to speed up their… More »
