Re: [gentoo-user] The LIGHTEST web server (just for serving files)?

[Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info>]

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On Nov 12, 2011 7:00 PM, "Mick" <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've been using boa just for this purpose for years:
>
> * www-servers/boa
>     Available versions:
>                ~       0.94.14_rc21 "~x86 ~sparc ~mips ~ppc ~amd64" [doc]
>     Homepage:            http://www.boa.org/
>     Description:         A very small and very fast http daemon.
>
> It can be easily locked down for internet facing roles.
>
> I've also used thttpd (you can throttle its bandwidth if that's important
in
> your network), but it's probably more than required for this purpose:
>
> * www-servers/thttpd
>     Available versions:
>                        2.25b-r7 "amd64 ~hppa ~mips ppc sparc x86
~x86-fbsd" [static]
>                ~       2.25b-r8 "~amd64 ~hppa ~mips ~ppc ~sparc ~x86
~x86-fbsd"
> [static]
>     Homepage:            http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/
>     Description:         Small and fast multiplexing webserver.

Thanks for all the input!

During my drive home, something hit my brain: why not have the 'master'
server share the distfiles dir via NFS?

So, the question now becomes: what's the drawback/benefit of NFS-sharing vs
HTTP-sharing? The scenario is back-end LAN at the office, thus, a trusted
network by definition.

Rgds,

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