> Well I use mine for hosting a few sites behind a 1Mb/256kb cable modem and
> it works just fine (apart from the lack of >25 day uptime !). 


Ouch -- It's starting to sound like Qube2/NetBSD isn't the most stable 
combination... I really was hoping it would be rock-solid but I suppose 
there are bound to be issues with a more or less rarefied, tinkerer's 
server setup.

The stock OS load provided >3mo continuous uptime, from what I've heard, 
and perhaps even longer.

I was planning to co-locate this machine again in hopes that I wouldn't 
have to visit it for a Very Long Time.
Is that a bad idea?
Any suggestions?


P.S. thanks much for the apache details!

Chas

>>
>> I am hoping this qube2 will provide decent bandwidth for webhosting +
>> audio streaming. Can anyone share experiences with that kind of setup?
>>
> The sites
> have SHTML and PHP code on them, Apache uses mod_bandwidth and mod_gzip to
> ease the lack of outgoing bandwidth and I manage to serve Gb of data
> monthly. Audio streaming isn't something that I've done too much of - I
> have used daapd and Zeroconf to play mp3 files via iTunes, but that 
> quickly
> maxed out the CPU and gave hiccups in playback every 5 minutes or so. I
> then used netatalk to mount the directory and QuickTime to play the 
> mp3 and
> it never got above 9% usage for netatalk, so there's just some code 
> tweaking
> needed in daapd to reduce the load.
>
> I did look and putting a soundcard in the system, but before I got 
> around to
> trying my recompiled kernel there were a few posts from people who had 
> done
> just that and couldn't get the audio to work properly, so I didn't bother
> with that.
>