LiteSpeed or Apache

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Is there a way of telling whether my hosting is on LiteSpeed or Apache?

I guess it says in the cPanel somewhere?
#programming #apache #litespeed
  • Here's one way to check it.

    Create a file called phpinfo.php and paste this inside it -
    Upload it to your server and access the file through your browser i.e; www.yourdomain.com/wherever-you-put-the-file/phpinfo.php

    Search for the Server API field.

    Delete the file after.

    Sumit.
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    • Thank-you. Will try this later when I get back home. Cheers.
  • Why do you need to know? I'll bet dollars to donuts they're using Apache though.
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    • I just want to know, without having to ask them direct.

      It´s been bought to my attention that LiteSpeed is faster, and a new server I have is on LiteSpeed and is faster.
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  • What web host are you using?
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    • I have 4 different web-hosts. None of them are the usual ones you would know. IE: Not HostGator, not BlueHost etc etc.

      Don´t want to name them.
  • If you're really concerned about speed I would check out nginx.
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    • Well nginx is the "geeks way", that's for sure. It's usually only used for static resources though.
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  • Haha, yeah, I doubt there's Cpanel for Nginx. IM folks usually need higher-tech solutions.
  • I was reading another topic on this board, about this guy who hosts his sites on his own home server.. was interesting but only considered it for about 5 seconds. lol.
  • My view is that LiteSpeed isn't as much faster than Apache as most LiteSpeed hosts like to say (theres some common numbers of 1.5 times faster for certain PHP requests and 9 times faster for static content).

    I don't think there's much of a difference between well managed Apache and well managed LiteSpeed.

    Don't know enough about nginx to have an opinion.

    ? I know of a lot of LiteSpeed hosts. HawkHost and MDD are two of my common recommendations, both use LiteSpeed.
  • I'd suggest doing a search and comparing the benchmarks because you will hear a lot of hear-say on this "LiteSpeed vs Apache" subject, especially from people who have not actually compared the 2.
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