What is Litespeed?

[Sain Cai]

I dunno if this is the appropriate forum for this so I will try to make is free hosting appropriate.

I notice more free hosting companies ;) including litespeed in their posts more often. Now I am sure it makes the server run faster or something on those lines, but how exactly does it work, or is there any added benefits to litespeed?

[Schmarvin]

Its not beneficial for free hosts. For one, its expensive, and two it only affects those hosts who have A LOT of sites hosted. For example, if you have 100 clients, its not gonna help much. If you have over 300 clients, then you'll see a nice performance difference. But, you should really only change if you have the money.

[Dynash]

It's a web server, like Apache. It's smaller/faster than Apache.

http://www.litespeedtech.com/

edit: As a note, it is cheap for a month to month, but yeah it's expensive on an owned license. It depends on the CPU. Check here, http://www.litespeedtech.com/buy-litespeed-web-server.html

[Secret]

It's a lot faster. I've tried it in my server and did several test. I did a comparison test to Apache and it's true that LiteSpeed is a lot faster.

Benchmark Info: http://www.litespeedtech.com/performance-benchmarks.html

Of course, this will still depends on your server hardware :)

[Tracker]

Of course, this will still depends on your server hardware :)

Very true indeed. It would not be very fast on one of my p3 650Mhz servers :P [Yes I have a rackmount server here that is 650Mhz and still use it]

[Secret]

Definitely. Running it in a VPS and running it on a dedicated server, a very significant performance difference... I really experienced it. Last month, I was on a VPS, now I'm on a dedicated server :D

Also, your data center location, connection speed, your internet connection, and your website itself are also highly influential factors.

[[AS]Richard]

Please note that benchmarks on the LiteSpeed website are for Apache 1.3.x.
Speed benefits are greater reduced compared to Apache 2.2.x.

[Razerst]

Does Litespeed supports Windows OS?
I wish to know that. :)

[Secret]

I don't think they do...

See this: http://www.litespeedtech.com/products/webserver/download/

[engineerroy2008]

It is a webserver used for the servers with more concurrent connections, it seems there is not much significant increase in the speed but the web server is in par with Apache in many cases

http://www.beyondcoding.com/2008/02/25/benchmark-litespeed-vs-apache-php-and-plain-html/ explains one such case

[Schmarvin]

Does Litespeed supports Windows OS?
I wish to know that. :)

Windows is horribly slow already, there wouldn't be a way to increase performance. :P

[SharedLayer]

Richard;1054268']Please note that benchmarks on the LiteSpeed website are for Apache 1.3.x.
Speed benefits are greater reduced compared to Apache 2.2.x.

It also depends on how you configured your Apache and modules (Apache modules and PHP).
We ran a test a few weeks ago in cooperation with one of our clients that offer shared hosting.

We moved the clients to a litespeed server overnight and let them stay there for a few days.
There where 2 clients that noticed a performance difference when we placed them back to the apache server (those where true "wizzkids")

Other clients (including e-commerce websites) didn't notice the performance difference.

[Jonathanh]

It's a webserver based from apache, and I think it's a kind of service pack for apache that enables to boost up the server performance. It seemed to be litespeed web server only available for linux, mac, and other UNIX family :)

[Secret]

Wrong. It's not an addon. It run independently. It doesn't require apache nor it is a mod for apache.

[Jonathanh]

I see, independent web server huh...

[SharedLayer]

I see, independent web server huh...

Yes Independent :)