Can't vouch for lighty (though I suppose the same applies) but nginx is much, much faster than Apache. nginx was designed with speed in mind, Apache with reliab

Can't vouch for lighty (though I suppose the same applies) but nginx is much, much faster than Apache. nginx was designed with speed in mind, Apache with reliability[1] and extensibility. [1] Apache's internal API is designed to make it difficult to leak memory or other resources, overrun buffers, etc.