Need your tips for setting up a linode with static content

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Need your tips for setting up a linode with static content

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forum:ichsie2036 15 years, 2 months ago

So this linode is going to serve nothing but all static HTML pages, images etc. Absolutely no dynamic scripts at all.

What software do you suggest I install? No PHP and MySQL of course. But Apache or Lighttpd? Anything else I should take care of to make the box able to serve as many page views a month as possible?

What could be the bottle necks of such a linode? Let's assume there's unlimited monthly transfer. CPU? RAM? Hard disk IO speed?

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forum:H3LR4ZR · Answer 1 · Oct. 7, 2009, 7:43 a.m.

forum:H3LR4ZR 15 years, 2 months ago

use nginx.

you'd most likely get network bound, then io bound.

forum:hoopycat · Answer 2 · Oct. 7, 2009, 8:05 a.m.

forum:hoopycat 15 years, 2 months ago

Pretty much any common web server will be reasonably good at serving static content efficiently. The big differences are related to dynamic content: Apache with mod_php melts under modest load without considerable tuning, even with non-PHP content. So, if you go the Apache route, be mindful of the MPM configuration.

I personally use lighttpd… it's svelte, speedy, easier to configure (in my experience), and is reasonably well-documented.

forum:melz · Answer 3 · Oct. 7, 2009, 10:08 a.m.

forum:melz 15 years, 2 months ago

Another +1 for nginx.

forum:kjb · Answer 4 · Oct. 7, 2009, 10:42 a.m.

forum:kjb 15 years, 2 months ago

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