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

[Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info>]

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On Nov 12, 2011 8:05 PM, "Mick" <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Saturday 12 Nov 2011 12:40:08 Pandu Poluan wrote:
> > 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.
>
> HTTP is not really 'sharing'.  It is just 'copying'.  Clients download the
> distfiles from the home server to minimise load on the gentoo mirrors.

Yeah, should've put quotes around the sharing part.

> Following the download a client machine will have a local copy of said
distfile
> in the client://usr/distfile.
>
> With NFS there is only one copy of the file, on the server, shared by
other
> clients in the LAN.
>
> In my case the server is not always on, so NFS would not be appropriate.

Hmmm, you have a point there.

Rgds,

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