Litespeed Web Server Cloud Hosting

Quick, Simple, and Scalable Litespeed Cloud Hosting

Why Should I Choose Litespeed Web Server Cloud Hosting or a Litespeed Dedicated Server?

One of the main reasons that Steadfast Networks offers Litespeed Web Server cloud hosting and a Litespeed Web Server dedicated server is because of how it works interchangeably with Apache – but with superior speed and scalability! How fast is it? Benchmarks on the Litespeed website show it to be six times faster than Apache. When running Litespeed against Apache with mod_php in PHP dynamic content delivery, Litespeed beats the competition by more than 50 percent, and with content that is static, Litespeed even surpasses content accelerators like TUX, boa, and thttpd. With Litespeed, you can say goodbye to information bottlenecks in your system.

Besides pure speed, businesses love Litespeed for a number of reasons, including:

The ability to replace Apache for servers with control panels – cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, Ensim
The ability to automatically update its configuration by restarting – with no downtime
PHP is faster and more secure
The ability to divide resource usage for easy identification
Better separation from web server processes
PHP configuration in .htaccess
Offers the fastest possible Ruby on Rails setup
The ability to see statistics for the whole server or at the virtual host level in real-time
The ability to identify the site sucking up the most resources in real-time
GZIP compression to aid bandwidth usage
The ability to create pre-zipped -Y´lsz¡ files that are always ready to be served to the user
Keep Alive intelligently enabled for a wide variety of media, including JavaScript, CSS, and images
Keep Alive not enabled for dynamic content so that you can reserve your server’s RAM for better things

How Can I Add Litespeed Web Server Cloud Hosting?

If you are a Cloud Platform customer and want access to Litespeed, the first thing you will need to do is get a license. To do this, either email sales@steadfast.net or open a ticket with the sales department. Once you have a license, you can get Litespeed Web Server for $12/month.

How Can I Get a Litespeed Web Server Dedicated Server?

Customers wanting a Litespeed Web Server dedicated server just need to let the representative know when they call in to lease a server. Depending on how many CPUs you plan to use, we offer three different Litespeed packages:

LiteSpeed Web Server (1 CPU) - $26 per month
LiteSpeed Web Server (2 CPUs) - $38 per month
LiteSpeed Web Server (4 CPUs) - $52 per month

System Requirements for Litespeed Web Server

There are a number of minimum system requirements associated with Litespeed.

Operating System:
    Linux(i386): kernel 2.4+, glibc-2.2+
    Solaris(Sparc): SunOS 5.8+
    Solaris(x86): Sun0S 5.8+
    FreeBSD(i386): 4.5+
    MacOSX: 10.3+
    Open Darwin: 7.0+
CPU:
    Intel: 80486+
    Sun: UltraSPARC+
    PowerPC: PowerPC G4
Memory:
    32MB+
Disk:
    Installation: 10MB
    Runtime: 20MB+, swapping space depends on usage

Video: Litespeed “Happy Path” Installation

Litespeed Web Server Documentation

The website for Litespeed Web Server offers quite a bit of useful information, including documentation, How-Tos, FAQs, and forums.