Which Apache2 server should I use?

[Johnneylee Rollins]

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Damien Hull <dhull at section9.us> wrote:
> I'm setting up a few test web servers running Ubuntu 10.04. I installed a LAMP stack with "aptitude install apache2 mysql-server php5 php5-mysql". It looks like I got apache2-mpm-prefork. Is this the version of Apache I want?
>
> I also need to performance tune it for 256mb of RAM. That's all I have unless I migrate to a larger server. Any tips in this area would be a big help.
>
> For those that don't know there are two kinds of Apache2.
> apache2-mpm-worker
> apache2-mpm-prefork
>
I would personally use lighttpd or codename lighty. It's fast and
small, light footprint and can do some php if needed. It's not a
workhorse like Apache, but it's brilliant for smaller servers.
http://www.lighttpd.net/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lighttpd%2BPHP

Good luck!

~SpaceGhost