What's the fastest way to serve static files in Python? I'm looking for something equal or close enough to Nginx's static file serving.
I know of SimpleHTTPServer but not sure if it can handle serving multiple files efficiently and reliably.
Also, I don't mind it being a part of a lib/framework of some sort as long as its lib/framework is lightweight.
If you look for a oneliner you can do the following:

$> python -m SimpleHTTPServer

This will not fullfil all the task required but worth mentioning that this is the simplest way :-)
Python fast static file serving