From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 3 20:55:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D26F21065673 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 20:55:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pprocacci@datapipe.com) Received: from fmailhost01.isp.att.net (fmailhost01.isp.att.net [207.115.11.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBA458FC0A for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 20:55:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pprocacci@datapipe.com) Received: from [10.5.21.122] (adsl-146-137-87.bna.bellsouth.net[70.146.137.87]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc01) with ESMTP id <20081103205549H010011954e>; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 20:55:50 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [70.146.137.87] Message-ID: <490F6541.3010702@datapipe.com> Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:55:29 -0600 From: "Paul A. Procacci" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Sam Fourman Jr." References: <490F50F2.5050706@optiksecurite.com> <490F63A0.3000002@datapipe.com> <11167f520811031252i3cb5940cw8e395ecbf1320f15@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <11167f520811031252i3cb5940cw8e395ecbf1320f15@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Francis_Dub=E9?= , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Images-only webserver, lighttpd vs NginX X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:55:50 -0000 Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: >> They are both good static content servers. You can easily max out a GiGe >> link using either. We use lighttpd more extensively than nginx, however we >> do use both. Quite frankly, it's truthfully up to you. Performance wise, >> they are on par with once another. >> >> ~Paul >> > at the risk of being slightly OT > > is there a recent toutorial that anyone knows of for lighthttpd on > FreeBSD 7, I have used Google and > I can't turn up anything recent > > Sam Fourman Jr. > Fourman Networks > What kind of tutorial are you looking for? Their documentation is quite extensive. ~Paul