Awesome find Pete. Thanx for Sharing! G! On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:34 PM, Pete Freitag <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Another solution to consider for this besides a third party CDN is > installing mod_xsendfile (you can get this for both Apache and IIS 7 via > Helicon Ape). With mod_xsendfile on your server you simply write a > X-Sendfile: c:\path\to\file.jpg in your getImage.cfm file (you don't need > to > serve it with cfcontent, which frees up CF to do other things). This allows > you to keep the files outside of the web root (protected) and still allow > you to run your security code in CF. > > -- > Pete Freitag - Adobe Community Professional > http://foundeo.com/ - ColdFusion Consulting & Products > http://petefreitag.com/ - My Blog > http://hackmycf.com - Is your ColdFusion Server Secure? > > > > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 8:25 PM, Al Musella, DPM > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > You may get to a point where there is so much traffic in the SQL > > server that the rest of the website slows down or stops > > responding. I would use a cdn or set up a separate server to serve > > the static images. Note that google recommends using a different > > domain name for images (like images.mydomain.com) so you don't send > > the cookies that are sent with the requests to the main domain, and > > your browser can retrieve them in parallel with the web content. > > > > At 08:41 AM 10/19/2011, you wrote: > > > > >Can anyone shed some light on this issue for me? I was originally > > >storing some images in a database, but then I convinced myself that > > >it wasn't the most efficient way to deliver the images, so I > > >switched my solution to static files. > > > > > >In general, can someone walk me through the pros and cons of placing > > >images that will be accessed heavily in a database versus keeping > > >them in static files? What I'm most curious about is: > > > > > >1) When I use a .cfm page in the image tag (< img > > >src='getImage.cfm?id=282828'/ >), is it cached within browsers just > > >like a static file? > > > > > >2) Is it too much strain on the database to be constantly requesting > > >5k - 60k blobs? > > > > > > > > >Maybe I should just punt and start using Amazon S3? > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:348261 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
