Sure, but why would you want to? Just use CloudFront. Amazon is gonna do it better than you can. If you can't use CloudFront.... then you can easily use mod_proxy to do what you are asking.
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 9:57 PM, LostyJai <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
