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.
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