I'm glad to hear you're having better luck with Rackspace than we did! Cumulus worked great for things like User Uploaded Media -- but when it came to things like Static Media (specifically using django's collectstatic feature) we had issues. Given, we could have just spent more time on the situation but our project is under a ridiculous deadline and it was just easier to use the S3Boto Backend.
Bandwidth is definitely a good thing to test for larger media formats. I know that with Amazon you can specify if something is going to be Streamed or just downloaded. I don't remember if Rackspace had any options like that. And I've never used MT. Maybe it'd be a good idea to benchmark your potential maximum streaming video load with large files to see which CDN can handle the most stress during peak hours. I imagine for this type of a data service, they'd all have similar performance. If price wasn't a problem, go directly with Akamai, haha. Good luck to you! On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 4:36 AM, Kevin <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your input. I currently use Rackspace's CDN, their > cloudfiles. So far it works nicely with django using the cumulus > storage backend. Cumulus supports virtual directories in a container, > and for the most part works. I have not yet tried Amazon's S3, as > currently all my services including servers are hosted on Rackspace. > Today I was looking into the pricing of various CDNs and server > providers, and I do like what Rackspace provides, a nice price, fast > cloud servers, and they are adding new features all the time. > > I think I'd suggest using Rackspace CDN over MT CDN, as it's supported > nicely in django, and I have current experience with it. Although the > app they plan on launching is movie streaming service, and that's > where it get complicated... I will need to judge more than just > pricing and API, Bandwidth is also a big one, especially for the > initial buffering of the stream. > > On Oct 22, 4:32 pm, Kurtis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I never heard of MediaTemple or their CDN until I read your post. I > > tried to look at their site for your information and it seems to be > > hidden. > > > > We just went through this same thing but starting with Rackspace and > > then moved to Amazon. > > > > One thing I ran across is that they (MT) use "Objects" for their CDN. > > If this is anything like Rackspace, you may run into troubles. For > > example, on Rackspace, you can only create Objects in a "root > > directory" of your buckets and have to fake a file system if you want > > multiple directories. Without performing some kind of a simulation of > > a heirarchy within a flat-directory structure, you'll have a pretty > > difficult time managing your files. It really depends on what you plan > > on using the CDN for, though. > > > > We started with Rackspace and loved them. But, that one feature drove > > us to try out Amazon's S3. Amazon provided the ability to store files > > in a directory structure. And from there, publishing that "bucket" (I > > forget what they're called on S3) to the CDN was extremely easy. The > > main downside to Amazon's Cloudfront is the TTL Caching -- but I > > honestly haven't tried that hard to invalidate or set lower refresh > > times for objects in the CDN. The thing I loved about Rackspace was > > their *excellent* support -- but with Amazon you have a huge community > > which sort of makes up for that. > > > > I would suggest doing a complete evaluation of the three products. > > Include components like pricing (hosting & CDN), development time, and > > support. Then, present these to your boss and let him/her see why a > > specific provider might be the best to use. Sure, MediaTemple *might* > > be the cheapest to host (I don't know, just assuming) but if there's > > no existing tools to use them as a storage backend, it might cost your > > boss thousands of dollars (equivalent to years of hosting costs) to > > have you build this thing. > > > > Sorry I couldn't compare MT CDN with the others but I hope that offers > > a little help. > > > > On Oct 22, 5:11 pm, Kevin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have a client who is suggesting that I look into MediaTemple's > > > ProCDN. I currently only have experience with RackSpace's CloudFiles > > > CDN, and only know of it and Amazon S3 for django storage support. > > > Furthermore, I cannot seem to access their API pages without having a > > > login, so this complicates it, as I'd like to see what sort of REST > > > API I'd be looking into implementing. > > > > > Has anyone had any success with managing a MediaTemple ProCDN with > > > Django? Or rather, as anybody used MediaTemple's CDN at all and what > > > are their reviews over other popular CDNs such as S3 or Cloudfiles? > > > > > Thanks. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" 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/django-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" 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/django-users?hl=en.
