Re: Use /var for storing webpages.. Why???
On Dec 14, 2004, at 10:05 PM, Adam wrote: Okay, I understand not using /usr, but why not use /home? Does storing webpages in /var give you a performance increase? Or is it convention that you would store webpages in /var? I'm setting up a webserver at my house where I'll serve several websites for my friends, should I have them store webpages in /var/username or keep them in /home/username? BTW, awesome book. I love reading about the old RLL and MFM hard drives I used to config when I was a kid. Brings back a lot of memories. Thanks Adam FWIW, I usually have an entirely separate file system, located at /www. This allows me to keep all of my web content completely separate from the entire system, and in the even the system dies, I can simply mount it from a new system. HTH ___ Eric F Crist I am so smart, S.M.R.T! Secure Computing Networks -Homer J Simpson PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Use /var for storing webpages.. Why???
On Tuesday, 14 December 2004 at 21:50:45 -0600, Adam wrote: In Greg Lehey's book The Complete FreeBSD 4th edition, he says, Do not have a separate /var file system unless you have a good idea how big it should be. A good example might be a web server, where (contrary to FreeBSD's recommendations) it's a good idea to put the webpages on the /var file system. p.70 Why is it a good idea to put webpages in the /var file system and not the /usr file system? Because they're not part of the system. Despite the name, /usr is mainly for the operating system. /var is for content that frequently varies. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. Okay, I understand not using /usr, but why not use /home? Does storing webpages in /var give you a performance increase? Or is it convention that you would store webpages in /var? I'm setting up a webserver at my house where I'll serve several websites for my friends, should I have them store webpages in /var/username or keep them in /home/username? BTW, awesome book. I love reading about the old RLL and MFM hard drives I used to config when I was a kid. Brings back a lot of memories. Thanks Adam ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Use /var for storing webpages.. Why???
On Tuesday, 14 December 2004 at 22:05:20 -0600, Adam wrote: On Tuesday, 14 December 2004 at 21:50:45 -0600, Adam wrote: In Greg Lehey's book The Complete FreeBSD 4th edition, he says, Do not have a separate /var file system unless you have a good idea how big it should be. A good example might be a web server, where (contrary to FreeBSD's recommendations) it's a good idea to put the webpages on the /var file system. p.70 Why is it a good idea to put webpages in the /var file system and not the /usr file system? Because they're not part of the system. Despite the name, /usr is mainly for the operating system. /var is for content that frequently varies. Okay, I understand not using /usr, but why not use /home? /var is for content that frequently varies. That's its purpose. /home is for user home directories. Does storing webpages in /var give you a performance increase? No. Or is it convention that you would store webpages in /var? It's certainly a convention. I'm setting up a webserver at my house where I'll serve several websites for my friends, should I have them store webpages in /var/username or keep them in /home/username? I suppose if you're in a multi-user environment where each user has his own web pages, it's better to have the users' web pages in his public_html directory. You can do this in either direction with symlinks. It's easy to read too much into these recommendations. I personally don't follow them. There are hysterical raisins behind that: I set up my original web server before I thought about the issue, and I've been too lazy to move. I *would* follow them with a new installation. My personal web pages are in my home directory, and http://.lemis.com/grog/ (count those s) is a symlink to ~grog/public_html. My externally visible web server is a colocated system which I share with a number of friends. They store the main web files in /var/www, but individuals have their web pages in a subdirectory of their home directory that matches the web site name (in my case, ~grog/www.lemis.com/). BTW, awesome book. I love reading about the old RLL and MFM hard drives I used to config when I was a kid. Brings back a lot of memories. Thanks Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. pgpb6V2daLB6D.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Use /var for storing webpages.. Why???
Does storing webpages in /var give you a performance increase? No. Well, this is not necessarily true. When designing a server and optimising for performance, one thinks about which partitions will get certain types of usage. One that varies a lot you will want to have a fast disk or the fast part of a disk. When designing one that changes very little, you would want to utilise the slower drives/parts of drives. In this way, if you page is variant data (changes a lot) and you've designed your system such that frequently modified directories (/var and /tmp, for isntance) get the fastest partitions, certainly it would give a performance increase. -- If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Use /var for storing webpages.. Why???
[Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] Single line paragraphs. On Tuesday, 14 December 2004 at 21:50:45 -0600, Adam wrote: In Greg Lehey's book The Complete FreeBSD 4th edition, he says, Do not have a separate /var file system unless you have a good idea how big it should be. A good example might be a web server, where (contrary to FreeBSD's recommendations) it's a good idea to put the webpages on the /var file system. p.70 Why is it a good idea to put webpages in the /var file system and not the /usr file system? Because they're not part of the system. Despite the name, /usr is mainly for the operating system. /var is for content that frequently varies. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. pgpl8j2owUWp1.pgp Description: PGP signature
Use /var for storing webpages.. Why???
In Greg Lehey's book The Complete FreeBSD 4th edition, he says, Do not have a separate /var file system unless you have a good idea how big it should be. A good example might be a web server, where (contrary to FreeBSD's recommendations) it's a good idea to put the webpages on the /var file system. p.70 Why is it a good idea to put webpages in the /var file system and not the /usr file system? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
