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From a distance, LiteSpeed is a web server like Apache or ngnix. Up close, LiteSpeed is a very special web server. LiteSpeed originates from the US company LiteSpeed Inc. of the same name and was launched in 2001. The LiteSpeed web server is therefore not a new release. However, the degree of...

Are you one of the thousands of users who have always believed that Google PageSpeed Insights is about load time? There may be many reasons for this very common misconception, but you too have probably been misled by the word speed in the name PageSpeed? Especially since what else should it be...

First of all LiteCache is not a LiteSpeed Product! LiteCache is a branded Trademark and a LiteSpeed based Page Cache for Enterprise CMS like Magento, Shopware and other CMS. LiteCache uses the Cache Engine of the LiteSpeed Web Server to provide a HighSpeed Page Cache. LiteCache is not the next...

For those who don't know what a cache actually is, let's deal with it first. This basic knowledge is essential for understanding LScache.Basically, the term cache is already ancient and has been around almost since the first day of computers and software. In order to understand what a cache...

With reference to "Why doesn't PageSpeed measure the Loading Time?" n this article we want to deal with the question of what is the difference between the loading time and the display time. However, you will first ask yourself what is the loading time and what is the display time and whether they...

Edge Side Includes (ESI) is a technology used in web page development to improve web application performance and scalability. ESI makes it possible to generate dynamic content on a website by breaking it up into small, self-contained modules. These modules can then be cached and managed...

LiteSpeed LScache is the cache engine of the LiteSpeed web server. Like almost every other HTTP cache, LScache is URL based. This means that one (1) static cache copy is created from each URL. This also includes URLs with $_GET parameters, by the way, at least for LiteSpeed. Apparently that would...

Performance: Nginx and LiteSpeed web servers tend to be faster than Apache, especially when processing static files. The LiteSpeed web server is particularly well known for its excellent performance and scalability.Memory footprint: Compared to Apache, Nginx and LiteSpeed web servers...

lsphp is a PHP handler provided by the LiteSpeed Web Server software. It is an alternative to the standard PHP handlers like mod_php and PHP-FPM used by other web servers like Apache and Nginx.Lsphp offers high performance and scalability for PHP-based web applications and is particularly...

The Cache Mode feature is an undocumented LiteSpeed feature that not only speeds up crawling. It also allows to refresh the cache of a URL if the cache is not expired. If the cache is not expired the cache is refreshed by the set TTL. If the cache is expired it is normally warmed up. The cache...