I'm a mere user, but I can share my experience > 1. I will have a lot of assets (pics and videos) which I will be > storing in S3. Is there a bandwidth charge from Heroku to upload these > files to S3?
There appears to be no charge for the bandwidth as such. However, there is a file size limit: 10MB. In order to upload bigger files than this, your app on Heroku needs to arrange for direct upload to S3. I ended up using s3_swf_upload_plugin, which I had to hack fairly heavily to get it doing what I wanted. The final version of the plugin I ended up using is here: http://github.com/GreenAsJade/s3-swf-upload-plugin/tree/master If you find an easier/better way, I'd love to hear about it. The other thing to be aware of is the just-recently-discussed "dynos" or "number of parallel requests that can be serviced". I'm not 100% certain, but I have a feeling this will limit your bandwidth as well - there's only so much you can do if you are only serving one user at once. Actually - it's a good question: is the dyno consumed while uploading is happening? > 4. My application uses email to send different types of notifications > to the users. What are the options of setting up mailing in Heroku? I believe that once your account is verified, you will be able to send email from the app. It works for me. > 5. Security. I understand that Heroku manages everything, including > security. What is the procedure in case there is need to audit a user > and check the access log? Would it be possible to describe more the > security auditing mechanism that you have to offer I'm not aware of there being anything more than described here: http://docs.heroku.com/logs-exceptions Your app can log access to it's own satisfaction, can't it? GaJ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku" group. To post to this group, send email to heroku@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to heroku+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
