Handle user uploads in static content server (newbie question)

[Leonardo Crespo]

> I believe that's what originally suggested.

Indeed Edho, i just expanded upon Arvind's idea to make sure I understand it.

> The alternative is beaming the file using ssh to static server's
> directory automatically on upload (using php functions, etc). Might
> cause slight delay and more complex setup though.

Yeah, NFS seems to be the winner.

If anyone is interested, I'll follow up the solution posted here:

http://www.linode.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4618

Cheers.


On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Edho P Arief <edhoprima at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Leonardo Crespo <leo at leocrespo.com> wrote:
>>> 1) Shared filesystem between the two hosts to hold the static content
>>
>> I just found out that I can do that on linode. Thanks for bringing this idea up!
>>
>> Here's a solution:
>> Using NFS, mount on the Dynamic server the Static server's directory
>> for static files (/images /user-uploads etc). Have nginx on Dynamic
>> with proxy_pass to Static for all static content. All uploads go to
>> the mounted drive on Dynamic (which points to Static).
>>
>> Does that sound reasonable?
>>
>
> I believe that's what originally suggested.
>
> The alternative is beaming the file using ssh to static server's
> directory automatically on upload (using php functions, etc). Might
> cause slight delay and more complex setup though.
>
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