From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RPDYP-00014Z-8m for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:23:29 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D32E321C0E6; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:23:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4899221C1F9 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:22:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f53.google.com ([209.85.214.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RPDXP-000aOe-5l for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:22:27 +0700 Received: by bkaq10 with SMTP id q10so5316327bka.40 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:22:24 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.205.129.12 with SMTP id hg12mr4323436bkc.113.1321104144063; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:22:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.74.16 with HTTP; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:22:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.74.16 with HTTP; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:22:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201111121302.06428.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <201111121155.41045.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <201111121302.06428.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:22:23 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] The LIGHTEST web server (just for serving files)? From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015173febce37ddde04b18987d1 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: c7ae8307-946d-4f19-88ca-96439386acdb X-Archives-Hash: 367715ee4c712aaa99ed6463d861c02a --0015173febce37ddde04b18987d1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Nov 12, 2011 8:05 PM, "Mick" wrote: > > On Saturday 12 Nov 2011 12:40:08 Pandu Poluan wrote: > > On Nov 12, 2011 7:00 PM, "Mick" 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, --0015173febce37ddde04b18987d1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


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
> > >
> > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Available versions:
> > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0~ =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 0.94.14_rc21 "~x86 ~sparc ~mips ~ppc ~amd64" [d= oc]
> > >
> > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Homepage: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0http://www.boa.org/
> > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Description: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 A ver= y 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
> > >
> > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Available versions:
> > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A02.25b-r7 "amd64 ~hppa ~mips ppc sparc x86
> >
> > ~x86-fbsd" [static]
> >
> > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0~ =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 2.25b-r8 "~amd64 ~hppa ~mips ~ppc ~sparc ~x86
> >
> > ~x86-fbsd"
> >
> > > [static]
> > >
> > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Homepage: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0http://www.acme.com/= software/thttpd/
> > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Description: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Small= and fast multiplexing webserver.
> >
> > Thanks for all the input!
> >
> > During my drive home, something hit my brain: why not have the &#= 39;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'. =C2=A0It is just 'copying= 9;. =C2=A0Clients 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 s= aid 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 appropriat= e.

Hmmm, you have a point there.

Rgds,

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