Have you considered using the Storage API? http://code.google.com/apis/storage/
rather than the blobstore. S3 I believe imposes a 5Gb limit per file. The storage API has a limit of 100Gb - but that is mentioned as a limit during hte preview, so might be raised. On 1 September 2010 14:15, bejayoharen <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry if I missed this somewhere, but I am considering building an app > using GAE for a big new project. I've been reading everything through > carefully and it seems very cool and exciting. Most of the limitations > people are complaining about don't frighten me in the least. However, > a few things struck me about the blobstore: > > 1. the API is a bit awkward. I am looking around for sample code, > preferably a REST-style API, rather than something a browser would > use. WebDAV is in this spirit, so I checked out the code for gae- > webdav, but it does not seem to use the blobstore, so its file sizes > are limited to whatever the Datastore is limited to (10 MB right now, > I believe). I don't have direct experience with S3, but I know people > do this with S3. > > 2. The blobstore file sizes are limited to 2GB. Is this DOS? are we in > the mid 1990s? I realize most users today aren't using the web for > files greater than 2GB, but, well, 2GB is a suspiciously non-arbitrary > sounding number.... and it's an app-killer for me. the 2 GB file-size > limit (and it's close cousin, the 4GB file size limit) used to be one > of the most frustrating aspects of serious multimedia apps to many > users before modern file systems came along, and to see it rear its > ugly head on the the web... well... I'm concerned. Is this something > we can request to have expanded or that will be expanded in the > future, or are we stuck with this? The vast majority of files I plan > to deal with will be small, just a few megs, maybe a few hundred megs, > but customers will want to move huge files, and I want to assure them > it will not be a problem. > > So, what are my options? Is it possible to extend this limit? has > anyone developed a rest/dav-like interface? should I opt for S3? > > Sorry if I am missing something, but the ability to transfer what I > consider large files via a programmer-friendly (preferably Rest) API > is not optional and I want to square this away before committing to a > platform, so if anyone has pointers as to how I can do this, I'd > appreciate it. > > thanks > > bjorn > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" 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/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" 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/google-appengine?hl=en.
