LiteSpeed WebServer - LiteSpeed vs Apache
A vast majority of websites are hosted on Apache, free web server software. However, Host1 uses only the best software to ensure maximum security, performance and reliability and that you receive the best hosting experience available.
Our webhosting services are hosted on the world's fastest commercial, enterprise grade web server software, to offer you the necessary tools to easily and efficiently run your high capacity websites.
Benefits:
- Run high traffic websites with ease
- Faster load times by up to 50%
- Double the number of active connections
- Websites response rate twice as fast
- High capacity websites unresponsive on Apache
- Enhanced security and reliability
Performance*
 Features |
Apache 1.3/2.0 | LiteSpeed 2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| PHP/Ruby LSAPI |  |
 |
| Ruby on Rails Integration | |
|
| Memory Footprint | Large (process/threads) | Small (event-driven) |
| Scalability | Poor (~1000 concurrent clients) | Excellent (20,000+ concurrent clients, SMP Linear) |
| Administration | Commandline | Web GUI |
| Configuration Format | text | XML |
| Upgrades | Manual | Auto+Manual |
| Product Support | 3rd Party | 24/7 Support |
| High Performance Proxy | Add-on | |
| Static Load Balancer | 3rd Party | |
| LDAP | 3rd Party | |
| Anti-DDoS | 3rd Party | |
| Connection Throttle | 3rd Party | |
| Bandwidth Throttle | 3rd Party | |
* Based on benchmarks performed by LiteSpeed Technologies.
LiteSpeed Security
Receive a level of protection redundant on many rival servers and ensure that your websites are kept up and running with:
- Request checking
- Request filtering
- Access Control
- File system protection: Static file checking
- External application firewall
- LiteSpeed restricts resources that can be consumed by CGI applications.
- Reduces security risk by restricting the system resources that the CGI script can access.
Static File Performance Comparison
for more information, see litespeedtech.com