Drupal is a wonderful open source content management system for any site: business or enterprise. Hosting a finished Drupal website, however, can be a challenge. When you’re looking at a finished website and ready to take it to the public, you will want to make sure that it’s hosted in the right environment for performance, reliability, scalability and security.
Both Apache and Nginx are great for Drupal; however, there are some key differences to grasp. A few years ago, Apache was the go-to standard. Nowadays, Nginx takes the lead. At Unleashed Technologies, we use Nginx for a number of reasons.
In the past few years, we’ve seen a number of new terms emerge in the industry. Two of which, pertaining to cloud computing, are ‘Bare Metal’ and ‘Virtual’ environments. 
