Nginx vs Open LiteSpeed performance & features comparison

See the following

1. Centmin Mod Nginx vs OpenLiteSpeed vs Cherokee Benchmarks
2. PHP Hello World - LiteSpeed Tech
3. OpenLiteSpeed vs Nginx benchmarks and initial thoughts | vbtechsupport.com

1. OpenLiteSpeed has similar if not better static file performance to Nginx depending on how Nginx is tuned i.e. Centmin Mod Nginx static file performance is better than out of box Nginx standard distro packages due to tuned settings.. But OLS has better PHP performance than Nginx's paired PHP-FPM. OLS LSAPI PHP scales better at higher concurrent PHP loads than PHP-FPM.

2. not sure I understand that question ? disk and traffic quota don't have anything to do with web server used.

3. OLS key difference is explained at Litespeed web server goes open source, OpenLiteSpeed | vbtechsupport.com basically, OLS doesn't support cpanel/WHM and doesn't support the actual .htaccess file itself, instead OLS requires Apache style mod rewrites to be entered into OLS admin console's respective vhost context section see screenshot posted at OpenLiteSpeed vs Nginx benchmarks and initial thoughts | vbtechsupport.com

edit: oh and yeah Editions - LiteSpeed Tech

 

yeah old blog post

 

pretty much yes

yeah OLS admin console vhost section can limit traffic = Per Client Throttling

nginx reverse static file proxy + apache has similar static file performance to nginx but php performance isn't as good as full nginx due to apache backend.

 

yeah LS 5.0 and OLS 1.4.7 do have more bugs due to more newer features. Just needs testing and improvements - just like Centmin Mod .08 beta needs more testers and feedback

 

True although that doesn't factor in Nginx and it's HTTP/2 support yet - probably why Nginx taking alot longer to roll out HTTP/2

 

yes OLS admin console

Whether it's noticeable depends on your PHP related loads in terms of PHP concurrent usage loads. Most folks don't notice if they don't have that much concurrent PHP loads.

 

out of box it would scale higher than standard OS distro offered nginx.. the gap won't be as wide with centmin mod nginx as it's better tuned out of the box. But you really need alot of traffic to see litespeed's benefits over nginx - but underlying premise is the using the right hardware/config for the right job.

 

has basics in litespeed enterprise and openlitespeed for rate limiting by ip address and requests etc divided into static and dynamic request control

Litespeed Enterprise 4.x series

 

you can in nginx with php-fpm just set limit options within the php extension location match - that's what i do on my sites

Code (Text):

location ~ \.php$ {
...place your limit req or conn here
}

I do this for centmin.sh menu option 22 wordpress installer too Wordpress Nginx Auto Installer (WP Super Cache)

i.e.

Code (Text):

location ~* /(wp-login\.php) {
    limit_req zone=xwplogin burst=1 nodelay;
    #limit_conn xwpconlimit 30;
    auth_basic "Private";
    auth_basic_user_file /home/nginx/domains/newdomain2.com/htpasswd_wplogin;   
    include /usr/local/nginx/conf/php-wpsc.conf;
}

location ~* /(xmlrpc\.php) {
    limit_req zone=xwplogin burst=2 nodelay;
    #limit_conn xwpconlimit 30;
    include /usr/local/nginx/conf/php-wpsc.conf;
}