On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Donald R. Ziesig <[email protected]> wrote:
> David, > > Check out paperclip. It will allow you to upload to and download from your > local file system (or S3). In the local file system, it stores the docs in > public/system. I am using it for smaller (up to 30Mb) files and using Pat > Shaunessey's version to save the data to db tables (not recommended for > files of the magnitude you mentioned). It works fine and is really fast to > incorporate into your code. > Thanks, that is probably at least worth a shot to see how it performs. I had not used it with files this size so was just curious if it was contraindicated. > > Donz > > > On 1/11/2011 6:54 PM, David Kahn wrote: > >> I am writing an app for basically internal use for a client for their >> billing process. There are a few large files which need to be uploaded or >> added to the system as in input to this process. I am wondering whether it >> would be better to set up ftp or whether rails running on any server (may be >> just Mongrel as this is an internal app that will probably have one or a few >> users max) would handle this file size gracefully? Does it simply have to do >> with the memory of the server or are there other factors? Since this is an >> internal process it does not have to be slick like something public facing, >> most important is reliability and the files getting uploaded right the first >> time. >> >> Thanks for input, >> >> David >> -- >> 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]<rubyonrails-talk%[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]<rubyonrails-talk%[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.
