The real bottleneck in any apache setup is apache.
For those that need hassle-free backwards htaccess compatibility, try litespeed.
But there a few nice alternative to apache these days.
For those that need hassle-free backwards htaccess compatibility, try litespeed.
But there a few nice alternative to apache these days.
The feedback we've gotten so far on the plugin is very positive (google if interested). Nginx can do caching but not with the same flexibility as Varnish.
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Litespeed can work with php several times faster than apache+php while serving dynamic content (and so can nginx).
Litespeed has a caching mechanism too (introduced recently). But I think it requires an enterprise licesense of 2+ CPU. Here are some benchmarks of Apache+Varnish vs Litespeed: http://unixy.net/apache-vs-litespeed
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What about an Nginx+FastCGI+PHP-FPM stack? - would you run Varnish in front of that?