I am in the planning stage of creating a Django media player. It is intended for a small group of users, but still anticipating a lot of bandwidth usage both upload and download as this is an MP3 repository with a web frontend.
There is a lively discussion on an interesting upcoming feature of Django called FileStorage. This will allow any sort of file storage mechanism to plug into FileFields and process uploads. A good example would be Amazon's S3 where a FileStorage module would handle the authentication and HTTP's for S3 and supply callables like get_FIELD_filename to Django. Awesome stuff and I hope my understanding is correct : ) In the Django book the author mentions NFS as a solution for separate media servers. This is a quick and easy method where you mount a magic directory which pipes everything to a separate server running nignx or a smilar purpose built environment. I'll be hosting the file server on a home fiber optics cable with decent upload and the Django app will be on a slice host optimized for Django. Are there limitations to NFS and/or is it recommended for local mapping only? I've read that NFS is an ancient standard and not very good or suited for these purposes. Has anyone used SSH mappings between servers for such uses? Paramiko[1] looks like a very nice and secure framework for SSH connections within Python apps. Could Paramiko be a stone's throw away from an SSH FileField in Django once we have the FileStorage framework to play with? A bit vague here I know. As I said just gathering a feeling for what's being done in other Django projects to reach these ends. 1: http://www.lag.net/paramiko/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
