On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:08:56 +0200 Jarkko Laine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 28.11.2006, at 22.41, Zed A. Shaw wrote: > > > On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:46:06 +0200 > > Jarkko Laine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Out of curiosity, has anyone managed to pair mongrel_upload_progress > >> (or any of the other options) with MogileFS? > > > > That's been mentioned in the past, but I believe it wouldn't work > > since the file has to be streamed to the local disk and then pushed > > up to MogileFS. Since disks are so cheap it turns out to be > > cheaper to just upload the file to a big disk and then use a fast > > web server to serve the files. > > The problem with this, I think, is that you won't get the benefits of > no single point of failure (unless you use an expensive RAID array or > SAN setup). So you're saying a couple of web servers running apache or nginx to serve files right off a server's disk is LESS reliable than a nearly unproven MogileFS setup that uses mysql, trackers, storage nodes, and then eventually just transmits off HTTP anyway? Got any metrics to back this claim? -- Zed A. Shaw, MUDCRAP-CE Master Black Belt Sifu http://www.zedshaw.com/ http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0321483502 -- The Mongrel Book http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/ http://www.lingr.com/room/3yXhqKbfPy8 -- Come get help. _______________________________________________ Mongrel-users mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users
