Use /var for storing webpages.. Why???

[Eric Crist]

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

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Eric F Crist                  "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!"
Secure Computing Networks              -Homer J Simpson
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