You build a site, set it up, and everything's going fine. Then usage increases, the sites starts to lag, and you (and/or your customer) are looking at tremendously expensive server upgrades… That's how it works, right?
It doesn't have to be that way.
LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS) is the world's only high-performance Apache drop-in replacement — LSWS takes over for Apache at the push of a button and serves far more traffic while cutting server load. Many hosting providers, sysadmins, and developers use LSWS to host high-traffic Drupal (and WordPress, Joomla!, etc.) sites without spending an arm and a leg on hardware or support.
This presentation will introduce LiteSpeed Web Server and cover the following topics:
- A quick case study showing the benefits a real high-traffic Drupal site has seen from switching to LSWS.
- Overview of benchmarks (LSWS vs. NGINX vs. Apache)
- How does LSWS work? (It cuts load, decreases RAM usage, and improves speed by serving traffic with fewer processes.)
- What bottlenecks can it help with? (Plus a quick tools to figure out where your bottlenecks are).
- 5 minute installation demo. (On a Drupal site with cPanel.)
Please feel free to contact Michael if there's anything else you'd like to see in this presentation.