Lighttpd

server.network-backend option¶

server.network-backend

The basic network interface for all platforms at the syscalls read() and write(). Every modern OS provides its own syscall to help network servers transfer files as fast as possible.

Comparison of performance with different network backends is available here

server.network-backend = "sendfile"
server.network-backend = "writev"
server.network-backend = "write"