Jetty's fine for serving static content. It's not going to be materially slower than Apache.
I would remove Apache from the mix all together. It adds nothing other than nice logging. I use Nginx because it's lighter weight and does a lot better with a lot of open HTTP requests (think Comet). So, I'd opt for #1. By the time you're serving up enough pages to push the limits of SliceHost, you're probably serving 60+ pages/second and might have a real business. On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Joe Wass <j...@folktunefinder.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone. > > I'm planning to deploy a Lift app on a virtual host (Slicehost) with > Jetty. I'm also running one or two sites on the side, but nothing too > heavy. I want to try running with 256 MB RAM (I could go to 512 but > I'd rather not pay for that if I don't have to!). I currently use > virtual hosts to serve a handful of static sites with Apache. > > The choices, as I see them: > > -- Host the static sites in Jetty (I believe it can do virtual hosts?) > and run it on :80, losing Apache. > -- Host the Lift bit with Jetty forwarding (I don't know the terms > yet) through Apache and let Apache deal with virtual hosts and serve > up the static content. > -- Something else? > > I'm guessing the first one will be the simpler. I suppose the question > is, is Jetty designed to serve static content and does it perform > well? In trying to lose Apache, I'm aiming to run it on a machine with > specs as low as possible. > > Thanks! > > Joe > > > > -- Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp Git some: http://github.com/dpp --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---