[andrewvc]

The catch is, if you trim Apache down to do only what you need, the margin between it and Nginx becomes much smaller.

While this may possibly be true (and I'm not sure it is for high levels of concurrency), there's a reason why I don't build my own kernels from source anymore, don't run gentoo anymore, and use nginx everywhere I can. It saves valuable time.

[bradleyland]

On Debian distros, trimming Apache down amounts to removing everything in mods-enabled and putting back in only what you need. Not exactly rocket science.

Again, I'm not advocating against Nginx. I'm defending the (apparently) commonly held view that Apache is some kind of resource monster that doesn't hold up under load.