that still does not answer why an image retrieved form the blobstore should be faster than one served as a static file.
On Sep 9, 2011, at 5:43 PM, Barry Hunter wrote: > On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 4:13 PM, andreas schmid <[email protected]> wrote: >> why should the blobstore be faster? > > http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/images/overview.html#Transforming_Images_from_the_Blobstore > > and get_serving_url() > > >> On Sep 9, 2011, at 5:02 PM, Ubaldo Huerta wrote: >> >> I wonder what's the prescribed way to serve an asset image (say, a site >> logo) >> 1-The easy way, using static handlers specified in app.yaml >> 2-Uploading them via the blobstore api >> I realize that 1 is simpler to do but I wonder if the fact that doing it via >> blobstore it would be served faster. For one thing, it comes from a >> different domain and the request comes back without cookies. Now, is there a >> difference in cost? > > You will have to pay a bit for storage in the blobstore, where in > effect static storage is free. > > Otherwise bandwidth usage is the same. > > Another benefit of static is you can explicitly set caching headers - > for both the edge-cache and the browser cache. The blobstore urls, > have a default caching header I beleive - but you cant set a really > long caching time. > > Also static requests can follow you around on version automatically > (ie different version so a app will get different files automatically) > whereas that will have to be done manually with the blobstore. > >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google App Engine" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/fVSpDS4gRBoJ. >> 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/google-appengine?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google App Engine" 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/google-appengine?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" 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/google-appengine?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" 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/google-appengine?hl=en.
