RE: Serving Files via cfcontent - how much processing is required

2010-06-18 Thread UXB Internet
Mark: >> otherwise I would say use mod_xsendfile I have sort of gone down the IIS road but have found a company that has an Apache emulator ISAPI that is willing to add that functionality to their product. http://www.helicontech.com/ape/ I will see what they come up with. Dave: >> A symlink is j

Re: Serving Files via cfcontent - how much processing is required

2010-06-17 Thread William Attwood
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 17, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Dave Watts wrote: > >> In other applications I routinely use cfcontent to serve protected >> files on >> extranet applications however the traffic ( 10-20 files/day) is >> nowhere near >> as rigorous as will be required here with 12,000 per d

Re: Serving Files via cfcontent - how much processing is required

2010-06-17 Thread Dave Watts
> > Well, creating a symlink is a very easy thing, and it doesn't take > > nearly as long as serving a file > > Maybe I am misunderstanding this concept. Could you provide a loose example. A symlink is just a pointer. When you create one, you're allowing access to the file from two different loca

RE: Serving Files via cfcontent - how much processing is required

2010-06-17 Thread UXB Internet
>> Well, creating a symlink is a very easy thing, and it doesn't take >> nearly as long as serving a file Maybe I am misunderstanding this concept. Could you provide a loose example. Thanks. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthol

Re: Serving Files via cfcontent - how much processing is required

2010-06-17 Thread Dave Watts
> This was another thought as well but the issue there is moving those files > back and forth programmatically with CF. I thought that it would use as much > processor/threads as actually serving it up. Well, creating a symlink is a very easy thing, and it doesn't take nearly as long as serving a

RE: Serving Files via cfcontent - how much processing is required

2010-06-17 Thread UXB Internet
>> My advice for you would be to avoid using CFCONTENT for this, as it's >> really not designed for this. That was my feeling as well. I have always tried to stay away from much file manipulation with the CF engine since, as you say, it wasn't designed for it. >> The alternative I'd recommend

Re: Serving Files via cfcontent - how much processing is required

2010-06-17 Thread Mark Mandel
Doh, I just realised you're not running apache, otherwise I would say use mod_xsendfile: http://tn123.ath.cx/mod_xsendfile/ Maybe there is something similar for IIS? Mark On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Dave Watts wrote: > > > In other applications I routinely use cfcontent to serve protecte

Re: Serving Files via cfcontent - how much processing is required

2010-06-17 Thread Dave Watts
> In other applications I routinely use cfcontent to serve protected files on > extranet applications however the traffic ( 10-20 files/day) is nowhere near > as rigorous as will be required here with 12,000 per day of 40Meg average > per file.  I am considering serving the files now through cfcon

Serving Files via cfcontent - how much processing is required

2010-06-17 Thread UXB Internet
Greetings, I am hoping to pick some of your brains. I find myself in a quandary. If you will indulge me I will explain the situation as briefly as I can. We current have a website, several really, that are fairly heavily trafficked about 12 - 18 million pages per month primarily used to obtain