+1 for Transloadit. Nice tool. On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 5:13 PM Kirk Brooks via 4D_Tech < [email protected]> wrote:
> John, > I have been using Bruno's AWS component for a few years myself. I'm going > to be moving away from using the component soon. Not because of a problem > with it but because I'm changing the way files are put into AWS. I'm > looking at a service for managing file transfers called Transloadit > <https://transloadit.com/>. They have 'robots' pre-configured to transfer > files to Azure, AWS, Dropbox, Instagram and others. And it's really easy. > It's not free but it looks pretty good so far. > > What I particularly like is being able to defined a URL to receive a > notification for each file. I set up an API to receive these and update the > database with the specifics. > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 3:33 PM JOHN BAUGHMAN via 4D_Tech < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I have a deployed database that is currently using AWS. We have 200gb of > > PDFs stored on the same machine as 4D server. A Xojo Web App displays the > > available PDFs, when the end user requests one of the PDFs Xojo sends the > > request to 4D and 4D returns the PDF. > > > > At the present time we are using AWS to handle large files that stall our > > the Xojo web app, by uploading the file to AWS and sending an email link > to > > the file to the requesting user. This all works great. > > > > Now the client wants to move the PDF archive to the cloud and have 4D > > serve them all from the ASW cloud. I do not see that should be any > problem > > using Bruce Legay’s excellent AWS Component. > > > > Now the client suddenly has expressed a desire to use Microsoft Azure > > instead of AWS. So my question to you all are… > > > > 1. Is anyone out there using Azure for data storage and > retrieval? > > If so any suggestions on where to look for help ie. Component or plug > in. I > > don’t see anything in the knowledge base. > > > > 2. Any thoughts on the pros and cons between using Azure or AWS. > > > > Thanks, > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > John Baughman > > Kailua, Hawaii > > (808) 262-0328 > > [email protected] > > > > > > -- > Kirk Brooks > San Francisco, CA > ======================= > > What can be said, can be said clearly, > and what you can’t say, you should shut up about > > *Wittgenstein and the Computer * > > ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
