Nginx (http://sysoev.ru/en/) is the fastest web-server mostly used for serving static content.
We have been used Nginx for our projects as well as setup it for our clients for a while with amazing results.
Recently we felt the need to install Nginx in front of Apache on cPanel server. It was a tricky job as we were faced with various cPanel specific issues and features (
our install do count traffic which served by Nginx!) but with our experience in servers management we were able to got fully working setup which works sweet.
In fact all our own servers running Nginx in front of Apache and Nginx serve static content directly, skipping Apache. This means
lesser memory consumption, higher speed and protection from Apache overload (common scenario when someone trying to bomb Apache with number of requests, kind of DoS) as Nginx may handle literally tens thousands connections!
For example, it is using
~2.5 Mb RAM for keeping 10,000 (!) inactive Keep-Alive connections - it is what kills Apache for everyone.
We offer Nginx install and continued support with automatic updates, etc. as a part of our Management services (either Full, $50/month or Partial, $30/month).
We may install Nginx and keep it updated with all necessary tweaks as well for lower monthly/annual fee - send us an email for quote.
Offer isn't limited to cPanel servers - we may install Nginx as the only one web-server, provide support and assistance for heavy traffic projects.
Our latest work is RapidShare's like download site where we installed and configured Nginx to serve downloads at ~90 MBps rate!
Feel free to ask us questions you like - we are open for discussions.
For more information send an email to
sales dot sultanserver.com