Isn't S3 a pre-requisite for cloudfront? Jay F
On 01 12, 09, at 5:29 AM, Carl Fyffe wrote: > > S3 is not the choice for this. But CloudFront definitely is: > http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/ > > S3 is more for large files that don't get accessed all the time, > backups and the like. CloudFront is exactly what Losty needs. I had > forgotten all about CloudFront. > > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Levi Rosol <[email protected]> > wrote: >> along these lines, what about using s3 for theme images, styles and >> scripts? >> I haven't done this yet, but wouldn't that also help? >> >> any thoughts on what's involved with doing this? >> >> -- >> Levi Rosol >> Twitter: @LeviRosol >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Carl Fyffe <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> I would play with pushing the images into an asset server. I would >>> set >>> up Apache and serve the images from a different domain. This >>> offloads >>> the processing of the images from Rails and Apache is really good at >>> it. You could even put it on the same VPS without an issue. Read >>> up on >>> offloading images to an asset server for more details about how and >>> why that will help. >>> >>> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 3:41 AM, LostyJai <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I used http://site-perf.com/ to check the performance of my site. >>>> When loading the images, the queues range from 1.5s to 8.5s towards >>>> the end. >>>> >>>> The images are mostly part of a theme, but there is also some user >>>> pictures. >>>> I would say about 80% is theme, and 20% is user images. >>>> >>>> The images range from 50kb to less then 1kb. >>>> >>>> The site is hosted on a VPS server. >>>> >>>> On Jan 11, 1:21 am, "Carl Fyffe" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> In general it isn't CE that is causing the slowdown. >>>>> >>>>> Here are some tips though: >>>>> Use Yahoo's Y-Slow to get some tips on how to make your site >>>>> faster. >>>>> >>>>> What are the 50 images for? User's pictures or are they part of a >>>>> theme you have built for the site? >>>>> >>>>> How big are the images? If you are loading large images then you >>>>> should make them smaller. >>>>> >>>>> Are you on shared hosting or vps? Vps will be better. >>>>> >>>>> On 1/10/09, LostyJai <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I was wondering how would I go about speeding up the load time >>>>>> of my >>>>>> community engine? >>>>>> I have about 50 images loading and it takes probably 8s-10s >>>>>> before I >>>>>> start seeing content. >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CommunityEngine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
