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    Apache vs LiteSpeed Web Server

    Just wondering how others found Apache vs LiteSpeed Web Server for cPanel hosting?

    We're considering the switch to just make sites our clients sites faster etc.

    Any thoughts?

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    I like managed apache server. It will become very fast if optimized with right settings. you can also try nginx proxy to server static contents to visitors. load balancing is also good for high traffic websites.

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    Go for it - the switch is smooth, and the results are definitely worth it.
    One thing to consider however is that LiteSpeed do not allow hosting of adult content - so if this is something you do now, then switching may be out of the question.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cloudarama View Post
    Just wondering how others found Apache vs LiteSpeed Web Server for cPanel hosting?

    We're considering the switch to just make sites our clients sites faster etc.

    Any thoughts?
    LiteSpeed is definitely worth the switch from Apache. There used to be a few popular providers on WebHostingTalk that were using nginx / Apache and even tried to defend the performance of the nginx / Apache setup, but I noticed they eventually (quietly) switched to LiteSpeed.

    Quote Originally Posted by MightWeb-Marcus View Post
    Go for it - the switch is smooth, and the results are definitely worth it.
    One thing to consider however is that LiteSpeed do not allow hosting of adult content - so if this is something you do now, then switching may be out of the question.
    LiteSpeed allows hosting of adult content as long as it is not the primary focus of the webserver. So for example, if you are a shared hosting provider and a few of your clients want to host legal adult content then that is fine. Their representative clarified this somewhere on the forums before.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HostWithLove_Cody View Post
    LiteSpeed allows hosting of adult content as long as it is not the primary focus of the webserver. So for example, if you are a shared hosting provider and a few of your clients want to host legal adult content then that is fine. Their representative clarified this somewhere on the forums before.
    I must have missed that! I would still not deem it safe until their ToS is revised to specify that.

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    You may not use the SOFTWARE PRODUCT for any illegal activity or to host pornographic content.
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    Compatibility

    Did someone has compatibilty issues between apache extensions over LiteSpeed server ? That's my fear

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    Hello,

    We've been using LiteSpeed for quite some time now and it's deployed on over 70 servers. We just can't workout without it especially on shared hosting servers. definetely worth the price.

    There are no real issues to be frank, but you could still switch back and forth in case there is an issue.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cloudarama View Post
    Just wondering how others found Apache vs LiteSpeed Web Server for cPanel hosting?

    We're considering the switch to just make sites our clients sites faster etc.

    Any thoughts?

    LiteSpeed is of course better. But that depends on some other facts too. One is administration. If your server administrator is not familiar with it, you may have some hiccups. That also depends on budget and requirement. If you are going to offer shared hosting, of course LiteSpeed is a better choice.

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    LiteSpeed is designed to be faster than Apache, so of course it will be. However, you might not notice the difference with a crappy server config. So the way you set your server up also comes into play. Regardless, I've found LiteSpeed to be the faster solution.

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    I prefer Litespeed for the benefits you receive in speed.

    As in termsof reliabiity, I have yet to experience any issues at all while running Litespeed. Even for people who are a little more inexperienced, it integrates with EasyApache in WHM making it require almost no configuration out of the box.

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    With LiteSpeed Servers, customers’ existing web delivery platforms will see increases in performance, security and decreased latency
    This extension is also good:
    unixy.net/secure/knowledgebase/30/Varnish-Litespeed-Plugin

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    +1 for litespeed. For shared hosting we use their enterprise version and for servers without control panel we use openlitespeed.

    We do not reccomend the unixy varnish plugin due to them closing suppot tickets without answering and refusing to refund payments paypal sent them after we closed our subscription.

    Litespeed is also great if you are hosting Magento or Wordpress websites, their Magento plugin and ESI cache works rearly well, their Wordpress plugin will possibly have esi cache too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HostWithLove_Cody View Post
    LiteSpeed is definitely worth the switch from Apache. There used to be a few popular providers on WebHostingTalk that were using nginx / Apache and even tried to defend the performance of the nginx / Apache setup, but I noticed they eventually (quietly) switched to LiteSpeed.



    Quote Originally Posted by wonker View Post
    We do not reccomend the unixy varnish plugin due to them closing suppot tickets without answering and refusing to refund payments paypal sent them after we closed our subscription.

    Anything where Apache and Nginx were combined through a plugin were an absolute disaster.

    One plugin...ok...but once you uninstall it was a mess that only if you knew what was happening could you correct.

    The other plugin was a copy of the first plugin with just a different name.

    Overall it was a bad idea, and personally I always found Nginx with Apache funny. It's either one or the other.

    But LiteSpeed is a good choice overall, but if you know how to tune Apache, then run with that.

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    I got a response from Litespeed support RE adult content:
    For adult contents, we are against dedicated adult sites and we will not do support service. For general shared hosting websites, user contributed contents etc, that's fine. There are cases that our support staff login to their servers, and decide not to continue working on it. But we cannot really enforce on how people use it.
    Unfortunately, they still license per CPU-core though...

    In all honesty, I wished more managed providers supported Nginx. It's usually Litespeed and Apache.

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    LiteSpeed's performance is much better than Apache and it is not difficult to install.

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    Does LiteSpeed needs optimization once installed?
    We have installed it but havent done any optimizations yet.
    Any suggestions?

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    Quote Originally Posted by four4 View Post
    Does LiteSpeed needs optimization once installed?
    We have installed it but havent done any optimizations yet.
    Any suggestions?
    The default settings are pretty good already so if you are comfortable with the performance you are seeing, then you can leave them as they are.
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    Quote Originally Posted by four4 View Post
    Does LiteSpeed needs optimization once installed?
    We have installed it but havent done any optimizations yet.
    Any suggestions?
    As suggested...the default settings are good, but everything and anything that requires some form of installation will need to optimized/customized to the needs of the end-user (you), and your end-users which would be your customers.

    My usual music reference....you can buy a $2000 keyboard and read the manual front to back....it won't tell you how to play or what to play. It will just tell you what it can do with it. What you do will be different from what someone else does. You can research, test, or hire someone to adjust Litespeed to your needs.

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    Apache with xVarnish

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    LiteSpeed is a drop in apache replacement and the biggest pro is that switching back and forth is seamless.

    The drawback is that you will be paying for a license when there are many free and open source alternatives available like nginx. which gives similar level of performance.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gnusys View Post
    LiteSpeed is a drop in apache replacement and the biggest pro is that switching back and forth is seamless.

    The drawback is that you will be paying for a license when there are many free and open source alternatives available like nginx. which gives similar level of performance.
    I'm in agreement with someone who said earlier in this thread that anything which combines Apache with nginx is going to end up being a disaster and a headache that's not worth it. Especially when you start bringing in things like Citrix NetScalar and all those other devices.

    LiteSpeed is by far faster than Apache as it was designed to be. However, misconfigured both can be slower or faster than the other. LiteSpeed is a good solution so as long as you configure it correctly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NortheBridge View Post
    I'm in agreement with someone who said earlier in this thread that anything which combines Apache with nginx is going to end up being a disaster and a headache that's not worth it. .
    If you can swallow that nginX is not a drop in replacement for apache it wont be a disaster . If you will be asking why my .htaccess rules doesnt work with nginX ..its a disaster .
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    Just curious, how do they prevent hosting adult content? Doesn't really apply to my clients or me but just curious how they manage that restriction?

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    Quote Originally Posted by WPCYCLE View Post






    Anything where Apache and Nginx were combined through a plugin were an absolute disaster.

    One plugin...ok...but once you uninstall it was a mess that only if you knew what was happening could you correct.

    The other plugin was a copy of the first plugin with just a different name.

    Overall it was a bad idea, and personally I always found Nginx with Apache funny. It's either one or the other.

    But LiteSpeed is a good choice overall, but if you know how to tune Apache, then run with that.
    I'm curious to know what you mean one or the other, in your example nginx isn't functioning as a webserver, so it's not really "one or the other" as you say, they're an apple and an orange?? Also I thought reverse proxy was built into nginx

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    Quote Originally Posted by mjfleming View Post
    I'm curious to know what you mean one or the other, in your example nginx isn't functioning as a webserver, so it's not really "one or the other" as you say, they're an apple and an orange?? Also I thought reverse proxy was built into nginx
    My angle was on the argument of adding more and more services to a server, just to achieve what one OS can do by default.

    There's all sorts of plugins for cPanel that shouldn't exist...and basically trick the server to perform how it wasn't intended. In other words...configure Apache properly instead of hoping the plugin will do it for them.

    Apache and Nginx can work...if it's not with cPanel. My argument...why add Nginx in front of Apache? Why not just go full Nginx (if possible). With the Nginx/Apache/cPanel plugins that existed...only one plugin worked, and even that one had it's moment. The others were flaky, and the company behind the plugin that worked slowly went downhill. Overall just not worth the trouble or money.

    If someone is selling Shared hosting using cPanel...the best option at the moment would be Litespeed. The company is not flaky, and they supply an OS...not a "trick cPanel" plugin.

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