Hi, I'm certainly not an expert in this area, but from my quick read, depending on the use case for your repository, this looks like something that might work. One thing to be aware of is the 64GB max file size imposed by s3fs, and the potential for S3's "Eventual Consistency" model to cause "problems" with user submissions. More details on the s3fs wiki: http://code.google.com/p/s3fs/wiki/EventualConsistency
I'm interesting in hearing more about this, if anyone has actually played around with putting an assetstore on s3fs. --Hardy > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Rhoads [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 1:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Dspace-devel] Using Amazon S3 for an Assetstore > > I've seen some talk about integrating Amazon S3 as an assetstore (or > bitstream store as it's sometimes called). > > > > Has anyone tried using something like s3fs, a "FUSE-based file system on > Amazon" ? > > (I know there are several flavors of the same idea around but > http://code.google.com/p/s3fs/ seems like a fairly mature one. Another > is http://code.google.com/p/s3ql/ ) > > > > And just using a directory the mounted fs as your directory for the > assetstore. > > Are there subtlties that I haven't noticed (after a 10 minute first > glance) that would make it apparent that this is a bad idea? > > Has anyone done this successfully? > > > > -Joseph ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Dspace-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-devel
