In this context a web-server is just a fancy interface to a file server. So you ...

emeraldd on Dec 11, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Asynchronous filesystem replication with FUSE and ...

In this context a web-server is just a fancy interface to a file server. So you have a bunch of read-only "file servers" sitting on the public web talking to a private read/write back end.