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I’m trying to write a simple server that will grab an mp3 file from rackspace cloudfiles, and stream it to a client over HTTP.
The server must be able to stream to multiple clients simultaneously, however, I’m finding it difficult to come up with a viable solution.
Anyone have some ideas?
There are several servers that might fit you.
http://code.macournoyer.com/thin/
A server based on EventMachine, hence capable of supporting a large number of concurrent and long-running requests without problems. It’s currently one of the most widely used servers, as it’s fast and frequently updated.
http://rainbows.rubyforge.org/
Rainbows! is an HTTP server for sleepy Rack applications. It is based on Unicorn, but designed to handle applications that expect long request/response times and/or slow clients. For Rack applications not heavily bound by slow external network dependencies, consider Unicorn instead as it simpler and easier to debug.
http://unicorn.bogomips.org/
Unicorn is an HTTP server for Rack applications designed to only serve fast clients on low-latency, high-bandwidth connections and take advantage of features in Unix/Unix-like kernels. Slow clients should only be served by placing a reverse proxy capable of fully buffering both the the request and response in between Unicorn and slow clients.