I have an app running on a JBoss 4.02 cluster. A requirement of this app is that it must serve various files to clients. The files are mostly 60-80K, but there are a lot of them and they will be changed/added regularly. I have a number of possible solutions in mind but would like to hear what other people do in such situations.
1. Have a server set up as a content repository, Place files on it and have the cluster query this machine, making local copies if necessary. PROS: Simple to set up and control CONS: introduces SPOF, could lead to a bottleneck 2. Place files in JBoss farm directory and have JBoss far them out to other nodes. Use a background process ( maybe a custom deployer? ) to register chages and inform the app. PROS: uses current JBoss processes CONS: Leads to messy deploy directory ( maybe canbe cleaned up by making copies elsewhere?? ), ... 3. Place files as BLOBs in a DB. PROS: simple, especially if using hibernate with JBossCache CONS: Potential performance issues, dealing with BLOBs issues, ... ? 4. Let users upload files using a web interface. Store files in JBossCache and let it manage them. PROS: Gives users control of their files CONS: memory issues?, how do i organise these files, what if iwant query the number of files of a particular type in the system Does anyone have ideas what a good solution would be? Anyone have any comments to make about any of the above possible solutions? thanks View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3884871#3884871 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3884871 ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ JBoss-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
