# Does anybody out there use Litespeed?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-anybody-out-there-use-litespeed/151268>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 19, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-anybody-out-there-use-litespeed/151268 "2008-10-19T06:25:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-anybody-out-there-use-litespeed/151268/1 "2008-10-19T06:25:30Z")

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I’ve heard good things about Litespeed but all the documentation I’ve  
found doesn’t reflect the new 3.3 version. The older 2 and 1 versions  
are just so different. I’ve gone down the road with the old docs and  
it’s always a dead end.  
I’d be happy to pay or trade code or some kind of programming favors  
for some help in this area.  
I’ve got some good projects under my belt.  
Thank you,  
Kathleen

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-anybody-out-there-use-litespeed/151268/2 "2008-10-19T14:47:22Z")

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removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> I’ve heard good things about Litespeed but all the documentation I’ve  
> found doesn’t reflect the new 3.3 version. The older 2 and 1 versions  
> are just so different. I’ve gone down the road with the old docs and  
> it’s always a dead end.  
> I’d be happy to pay or trade code or some kind of programming favors  
> for some help in this area.  
> I’ve got some good projects under my belt.  
> Thank you,  
> Kathleen

I used LiteSpeed for a while. It is very easy to administer once you  
wrap your head around how it’s done. It’s also reasonably fast. I turned  
it off when I needed to have a WebDAV share running, which LiteSpeed  
doesn’t support. In order to do WebDAV, you have to run another web  
server (Apache) and do some redirection. I figured if I had to run  
Apache anyway, I’d use it to serve up my Rails apps as well. I had used  
Mongrel in the past, but took the opportunity to give Passenger a try.  
Overall, I’m happier now.

The big downside for LiteSpeed, in my opinion, is that the free version  
is 32 bit and supports only one processor. I run a 64 bit slice on  
SliceHost, so I had to have the 32 bit compatibility libraries installed  
(which isn’t too big of a deal) and it would use only one processor. I  
don’t remember the pricing structure, but the license I was considering  
if I went “enterprise” was going to run about $700 per year. For a real  
business making real money, that might not be so bad, but for a single  
person running tight finances, it didn’t make sense to license LiteSpeed  
when I can run Apache (or Nginx, Lightttpd, etc) for free.

As usual, your mileage may vary.

Peace.