A faster Web server: ripping out Apache for Nginx

Ars Technica has an item about the thin and very fast webserver Nginx as alternative for Apache webserver. Nginx is small and fast but lacks most of Apache advanced features besides that with enough tweaking Apache is **** fast too. That's the point: you need a specialist to tweak it and in that aspect Nginx shines. But one of the big features of Apache .htaccess is lacking in Nginx and rewrite rules are a bitch to handle. So if you need a quick setup and a lot of features and documentation you choose Apache eventually add a faster processor and more RAM. Do you need a fast webserver for thousands request per second, you serve mainly static content and are tight on resources then you choose Nginx.