Dear Internet, anyone out there have any experience with lightweight web servers that they’d like to share?
We’re (meaning Cramah!) looking to set up an asset server to serve static assets like css, javascript, images, flash (destined for progressive downloads) and mp3s. We want to offload that kind of stuff from app servers as a general architecture approach going forward (my obsession with performance is spreading 🙂 ) Since it’s (at some level) my baby and is something I’m generally interested in, I’ve taken a little time and starting looking into what the set-up should entail. I’ve done a little bit of research and it looks like the names I already know are the names that people are using:
Based on what I knew when I started, what I’ve read since, and a recommendation from a co-worker, lighttpd seems to be the way to go. Thing is, I don’t want to jump into anything before asking you, the Internet, if there’s anything I should know about it (or the other two) before heading down that path.
So… anyone out there using this stuff and feel like sharing an anecdote or two? Is there some other candidate I’m missing?
All comments are welcome 🙂
You should think about using thttpd – its. perfect for static files. Nearly no configuration required – just run, add cachable headers, and that’s all 🙂