# What is the ultimate fastest platform for php? Is it nginx+freebsd? **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [February 15, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-fastest-platform-for-php-is-it-nginx-freebsd/203190 "2011-02-15T04:17:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-fastest-platform-for-php-is-it-nginx-freebsd/203190/1 "2011-02-15T04:17:40Z")
I was wondering what is better for a php server. I heard that nginx is the fastest server and freebsd is fastest unix os. Would freebsd 64bit + nginx be the best choice? Some even say iis 7.5 on winserver 2008 r2 is the fastest for php, but I think they’re kind of biased with the ease of windows (or think like - this is serious product, must be better than free stuff). Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[What is the ultimate fastest platform for php? Is it nginx+freebsd?](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,175274,175274#msg-175274)** > > I was wondering what is better for a php server. I heard that nginx is the fastest server and freebsd is fastest unix os. Would freebsd 64bit + nginx be the best choice? Some even say iis 7.5 on winserver 2008 r2 is the fastest for php, but I think... ---
**Author:** ![Spaz\_S\_Punt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Spaz\_S\_Punt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Spaz_S_Punt)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-fastest-platform-for-php-is-it-nginx-freebsd/203190/2 "2011-02-15T04:19:33Z")
Personally I prefer debian + nginx + php5-fpm, freebsd does perform better with nginx apparently thuoug an its definately not windows for performance, anyone who says that is misguided.