Hi everyone,
I am deploying a high-performance, production-ready environment using aaPanel and would appreciate your recommendations on architecture, web servers, and OS choice for long-term stability and security.
Server Specifications:
- CPU: 8 vCPU (Intel Xeon Platinum 8176 @ 2.10 GHz)
- RAM: 16 GB DDR4
- Storage: 150 GB NVMe (3.5 GB/s Seq Write, 119k 4k IOPS)
- Network: 10 Gbps port (Hong Kong Datacenter)
- Target Audience: South Asia / Global (via Cloudflare Edge)
Workload:
High-traffic WordPress sites (with caching plugins)
Custom Laravel applications & REST APIs
Background Workers, Queues, and Cron Jobs
MariaDB + Redis Cache
---
Questions for the Community:
Architecture: Single Server vs. Multi-Server Setup?
Given the 8 vCPU / 16 GB NVMe specs, is it better to run everything (Web + MariaDB + Redis) on this single node, or split into a Multi-Server architecture (e.g., dedicated database/Redis node)?
For aaPanel multi-server setups, how is the stability and overhead in the long run?
Web Server Choice:
Nginx vs. OpenLiteSpeed (OLS): Since I am running both WordPress (which benefits from LSCache/OLS) and Laravel (which is native to Nginx), which web server provides the best balance of stability, security, and low CPU overhead?
Has anyone run hybrid Laravel + WP workloads reliably on OpenLiteSpeed via aaPanel?
Recommended Base OS:
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS vs. Debian 12 (Bookworm) vs. Ubuntu 24.04: Which distribution has the best package compatibility, fewer security bugs, and easiest maintenance within the aaPanel ecosystem?
Looking forward to your expert insights and best practice recommendations. Thank you!
