Re: Webserving pdfs via reverse proxy, QNTC, NFS

[Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>]

The following is a pretty good tip for setting up an Apache reverse proxy, how 
to do it, and why.  Thanks to Giovanni Perotti.

http://www.mcpressonline.com/tips-&-techniques/internet/techtip-need-a-safe-ibm-i-internet-connection.html


-Nathan


----- Original Message ----
From: Jeffrey Day <Jeff.Day@xxxxxxxx>
To: web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, November 3, 2010 7:16:42 PM
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Webserving pdfs via reverse proxy, QNTC, NFS

Hi Nathan and Scott,

Thank you for responding, I will be trying the NFS route.


The proxy is running in apache on the 400, and is our main web server.  As to 
why the pdf's aren't hosted on the 400?  They initially were, but now there are 
roughly 900,000 of them, they took up too much space, so we moved them to a 
cheaper storage box.  One reason for the performance hit, is that the pdfs are 
grouped (think separate directories) and when a visitor searches for pdfs, I 
first verify that the pdf exists (to avoid dead links) before writing the link 
for it to the screen. 


Up to now, I have been using GETURL to check the existence of pdfs, but I 
suspect I can improve performance, by cutting out the web layer, configuring NFS 
and using CHKIFSOBJ to verify files.

Thanks,
Jeff