Re: Is it true that Nginx is faster, more secure and better than Apache?

[jean-frederic clere <jfclere@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/4/23 21:30, Daniel Gruno wrote:
> On 2023-10-04 14:01, Antony Stone wrote:
> > On Wednesday 04 October 2023 at 20:48:19, Jason Long wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,Thanks again.Why has Apache Foundation never tested Apache
> > > performance with Nginx?
> >
> > I am not affiliated with the Apache Foundation in any way, but I would 
> > guess
> > that the primary reason is that one can make statistics say almost 
> > whatever
> > one wants them to, simply by selecting the data or analysis which 
> > supports the
> > desired outcome.  Therefore nobody is going to trust numbers put out 
> > either by
> > the Apache Foundation, or by Nginx, showing how they compare against the
> > competition.  I'm not saying that either of these organisations would be
> > lying, but they'd be expected to choose the tests and scenarios which 
> > show
> > them up in the most favourable comparative light possible.
> >
> > A secondary reason is that one person's use of a web server is not the 
> > same as
> > another's, so any benchmarks showing Apache vs. Nginx would be 
> > idealistic and
> > almost certainly not what any specific real-world implementation would 
> > achieve.
> >
> > Suppose you wanted to compare two makes of cars to find out which is 
> > "faster,
> > more secure and better" (to quote from the subject line of your 
> > email).  Would
> > you want such a comparison to be done by manufacturer A, manufacturer 
> > B, or an
> > independent third party?  No matter who it's done by, does their 
> > definition of
> > "better" match with yours (assuming you're a potential purchaser of 
> > one of the
> > cars)?
>
> The more official, canonical reason is that NGINX is a commercial 
> company making an "open core" product, while the ASF is a non-profit.
>
> The ASF cannot and does not want to compete with other products or 
> companies. It is not our mission, and we frankly do not care about 
> market shares or the likes. We are volunteers working on making a free 
> piece of software that can be used by whomever wants to use it.

Additionally comparing NGINX with Apache HTTPD server is comparing a 
kitchen knife to a Swiss army knife... The choice depends on what you 
need to do ;-)

> > Antony.
>
>
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Cheers

Jean-Frederic


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