Hello all,
I have a CMS-like application using Catalyst for which about 40-50% of requests
contain large file uploads. I'm using a pretty standard two-tiered setup to
avoid tying up heavy mod_perl procs for slow client downloads.
Now I'd like to avoid tying up the heavy procs for slow uploads. Many suggest
to run upload handlers as CGI rather than mod_perl because the 1s startup time
is negligent compared to the time required to upload. I have tried this and it
works, but it still creates a 60+ MB process to sit around for 2 minutes while a
dial up user uploads a huge image.
I'm thinking of splitting file upload handling out to a simple CGI app (no
Catalyst code) that serializes the request, including uploaded files, to a tmp
directory. It would then redirect to a Catalyst-handled URL matching the
serialized request. Then I can validate the submission in Catalyst and display
success or error using my views, etc.
Is there something like this in existence already? I searched Google and CPAN
but didn't find anything promising. I'd appreciate any tips or suggestions. If
I do implement it from scratch, would there be any interest in the CGI and a
Catalyst base controller being released on CPAN?
Best,
Brian Kirkbride
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