What are the commonly used web server software?

IIS is the abbreviation of English Internet Information Server, which means "internet information service" when translated into Chinese. It is a server promoted by Microsoft, and the latest version is IIS 7 included in Windows2008. IIS and Window Server are fully integrated, so users can use the built-in security functions of Windows Server and NTFS(NT file system) to build powerful, flexible and secure Internet and Intranet sites.

2. Apache

ApacheApache ranks first in the world and can run on almost all widely used computer platforms. Apache originated from NCSAhttpd server. After many modifications, it is not only simple, fast and stable, but also can be used as a proxy server.

3.Nginx

Nginx is not only a compact and efficient HTTP server, but also an efficient reverse proxy for load balancing. By accepting users' requests and assigning them to multiple Mongrel processes, the concurrency of Rails applications can be greatly improved.

4. Zeus

Zeus is an excellent Web server running under Unix. It is said that its performance exceeds Apache and it is one of the most efficient Web servers.

5.the sun

Sun's Java system Web server is also the former Sun ONE Web server. It mainly appears on the mission-critical Web server running Sun's Solaris operating system. Its latest version number is 6. 1, which can support x86 version of Solaris, Red Hat Linux, HP -UX 1 1i, IBM AIX and even Windows, but most of its users choose SPARC version of Solaris operating system.