Apache vs Nginx

Yes, its about web servers. Starting from Netscape we have come across many web servers which came in to the picture while all Microsoft based web servers has failed miserably, due to its OS failures, Unix based, servers have survived like the OS its self, And Apache has been in use for multiple decades with lease number of problems. However there is a new kid on the block Nginx yes engin X , trying to take a chunk of Apache market. So how do we find which is better. It is not that straightforward, because both servers has good and bad features. Architecture : But one major difference is that Apache is pure multi threaded system where load balancing is mostly being transferred to the OS to decide how load should be done, where lot of control is given to admins to do manual adjustments. But Nginx on the other hand its event driven, where one might panic that ohh servers will get stuck. No its not, it basically takes care of the load by ...