Apache + mod_wsgi vs nginx + gunicorn

Question

I want to deploy a django site (it is the open source edx code on github).

I am faced with choosing between using

1. Apache with mod_wsgi
2. nginx with

Answer 1

Nginx is a really light and easy to use solution and along with gunicorn it allows us to run any wsgi application and scale it easily. Nginx is better at handling requests since it does not spawn a new process for every request unlike Apache.

I have written an answer on how to deploy django with nginx for a related question:

Deploying Django project with Gunicorn and nginx