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What are the benefits and drawbacks of using:

Nginx + PHP + MySQL

VS

Node.js + MySQL

PS. Don't ask what I'm building, i just want a general idea/concept between the two setups.

I don't ask about the differences, I ask about the benefits/drawbacks of using either setups. Like, what are the benefits of buying a BMW M6 = It's fast, cool, sexy. Drawbacks = It's expensive, vulgar, small trunk. Something like that.

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Differences between "Nginx + PHP + MySQL" (1) and "Node.js + MySQL" (2):

  • In (2) you don't use nginx (captain obvious to the rescue). Nginx is a must-have software. You need something to serve static files in node.js (please don't use express por that purpose because you're slowing down the event loop) and send some feedback to the users when the node.js process is down.

  • The benefits/drawbacks of using "php+mysql" and "node+mysql" are the same than "php" and "node.js". Google it or ask specific questions.

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One will be in PHP.

The other will be in Node.js

There is nothing else very helpful anyone can tell you with the information you have given.

Performance, memory, CPU load etc will all highly depend on what you are doing and how well suited that task is to the language you are using.

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