is lighttpd >> apache ?
 

i am looking for alternatives to apacje server? one that uses least memory possible.

depends what you need it for, its good for a thumb server, or a video server just serving off files, but apache you should use if you run any php/mysql stuff.

nginx is another light web server

It's great for all static content, it is terrible for php.

thanks.is ngix good for both php and large media files ?

I had a recent experience with installing Phantom Frog on a lighttpd server. With some help from the lightttpd server tech we succeeded but it took some tweaking of lighttpd to do standard things that 3rd party software uses commonly on apache servers. This suggests that apache may offer you more options for 3rd party software.

I understand that YouTube uses lighttpd, but they have an army programmers to make it work. Unless you have a HUGE operation, adding more RAM to an apache server would eliminate performance advantages lighttpd offers.

btw, how much ram is cpanel eating? i really regret getting cpanel, its taking up at least 40% of ram, all the time....

check the process list, it will tell you the %

strange, even when i kill everything, including cpanel processes, it still show 40% of ram is being used.....i asked around and was told culprit is cpanel.

We run a server with Light and LxAdmin. It idles at 18 MB. =)

The one thing I don't like about Light is that getting the equivalent of mod_rewrite to work is a pain in the ass.

I using combo apache and nginx over proxy and it works perfectly fine.It uses features of apache like htaccess and gives speed of nginx.