One solution is to use transloadit.com and bypass the server entirely. On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Frederick Cheung < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Mar 27, 11:56 am, Ahmy Yulrizka <[email protected]> wrote: > > I always got scared when my client ask for upload functionality. > Basically > > from what I've read that when user uploaded a file it will an instance of > > the web server. So if i have one dyno (instance) on heroku, while one > user > > is uploading a big file then the application would not respond to another > > user request until the file is done ? > > > > Exactly when the file upload gets handed over to rails will depend on > your precise setup. On a standard apache/passenger type setup the > request only gets passed into rails when the request has been fully > received. I've not used heroku for this sort of stuff - it should be > say enough to determine what exactly happens. > > > I also find a couple of solution like carrierwave-direct which the file > is > > uploaded directly to the storage server (let say S3), then rails can > latter > > process the file. If we are to build like a social networking which > > involves many user uploading file in the same time, what is the correct > > approach to the problem? > > S3 does indeed support pre-authenticated uploads. I'd certainly > investigate this, since with heroku you're going to have to upload the > file to s3 (or similar) at some point anyway, seems like you might as > well send it straight there. > > Fred > > > > Ahmy Y > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
