Is it possible to do like a load-balance for loading assets? Say I have like 3 instances of apache open, asset1.apache.com/ asset2.apache.com/asset3.apache.com. Can I load 1/3 of the assets from each server?
If so please tell me how. On Jan 12, 3:22 pm, "Carl Fyffe" <[email protected]> wrote: > That's what the docs say. > > On 1/11/09, Jay Fajardo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Isn't S3 a pre-requisite for cloudfront? > > > Jay F > > > On 01 12, 09, at 5:29 AM, Carl Fyffe wrote: > > >> S3 is not the choice for this. But CloudFront definitely is: > >>http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/ > > >> S3 is more for large files that don't get accessed all the time, > >> backups and the like. CloudFront is exactly what Losty needs. I had > >> forgotten all about CloudFront. > > >> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Levi Rosol <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> along these lines, what about using s3 for theme images, styles and > >>> scripts? > >>> I haven't done this yet, but wouldn't that also help? > > >>> any thoughts on what's involved with doing this? > > >>> -- > >>> Levi Rosol > >>> Twitter: @LeviRosol > > >>> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Carl Fyffe <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > > >>>> I would play with pushing the images into an asset server. I would > >>>> set > >>>> up Apache and serve the images from a different domain. This > >>>> offloads > >>>> the processing of the images from Rails and Apache is really good at > >>>> it. You could even put it on the same VPS without an issue. Read > >>>> up on > >>>> offloading images to an asset server for more details about how and > >>>> why that will help. > > >>>> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 3:41 AM, LostyJai <[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > > >>>>> I usedhttp://site-perf.com/to check the performance of my site. > >>>>> When loading the images, the queues range from 1.5s to 8.5s towards > >>>>> the end. > > >>>>> The images are mostly part of a theme, but there is also some user > >>>>> pictures. > >>>>> I would say about 80% is theme, and 20% is user images. > > >>>>> The images range from 50kb to less then 1kb. > > >>>>> The site is hosted on a VPS server. > > >>>>> On Jan 11, 1:21 am, "Carl Fyffe" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>> In general it isn't CE that is causing the slowdown. > > >>>>>> Here are some tips though: > >>>>>> Use Yahoo's Y-Slow to get some tips on how to make your site > >>>>>> faster. > > >>>>>> What are the 50 images for? User's pictures or are they part of a > >>>>>> theme you have built for the site? > > >>>>>> How big are the images? If you are loading large images then you > >>>>>> should make them smaller. > > >>>>>> Are you on shared hosting or vps? Vps will be better. > > >>>>>> On 1/10/09, LostyJai <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>>> I was wondering how would I go about speeding up the load time > >>>>>>> of my > >>>>>>> community engine? > >>>>>>> I have about 50 images loading and it takes probably 8s-10s > >>>>>>> before I > >>>>>>> start seeing content. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CommunityEngine" 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/communityengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
