web server idea

[Aaron Turner <aturner@linuxkb.org>]

I've been trying to figure out the best way to serve static images.
Apache with it's pre-fork model sucks- especially when you have a lot of
people with slow connections.

Two web servers for serving statics come to mind:

thttpd: A small (2MB total RAM footprint) select() based web server that
is secure (uses chroot) and well tested.  Also *really* fast.

khttpd: An embeded kernel module web server.  This is reported to be very
fast as well.  Not nearly as well tested though.  Probably considered beta
at best.

My suggestion is:

Get another IP for Yukon from NaviSite (won't be a problem), and run
thttpd on Yukon_IP2:80. This has the advantage of:

1) Letting Vodka worry about DB only.
2) Reducing CVS replication issues of images between Vodka<->Yukon.
3) Letting Apache worry about the PHP/mod_perl stuff and thttpd images.

Comments?

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