I've just moved my media to a separate server. I run an rsync over ssh whenever a user uploads a new profile image. Seems to work ok so far.
The pain points are: 1) Setting up ssh keys so this can run unattended. 2) Because of (1), I had to run apache as a new user that has the right permissions, and not the "apache" user. I'm dealing with relatively small files compared to what you will be dealing with, so I don't know if this is the right solution for you. Udi http://feedeachother.com/ On Oct 29, 8:30 am, Jökull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
