storage for uploaded images on a web farm

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storage for uploaded images on a web farm

I work on mvc.net application. Client is going to move production on a cluster environment. The problem is I store images in the local file system. Images can be dynamically uploaded by users through web site interface. How can I change the application in order to keep the images in working state?

The possible solution is the using of shared folder for all servers, but in that case I think I have to develop HttpHandler which will return images from this folder. So, it can affect the performance.

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Consider using a CDN such as Amazon's S3.

Chris Martin 2010-09-28 18:32:56

Client wants to avoid 3-rd party services

Egor4eg 2010-09-28 18:40:12

+1 A:

The possible solution is the using of shared folder for all servers, but in that case I think I have to develop HttpHandler which will return images from this folder. So, it can affect the performance.

Another option is to have a separate server dedicated to serving images & static files. You can tune it up for that purpose. When a file is uploaded, it goes to that server (which could or not be done through the other servers).

eglasius 2010-09-28 19:26:01

Yes, this is a good idea. But there is one disadvantage here - maintenance of a separated web server.

Egor4eg 2010-09-28 20:47:43

And I have a question to you: what is a better practice to write files to this server: just write them directly in the shared folder on this server or create a web service method which requires file and it's path?

Egor4eg 2010-09-28 20:55:23

its a matter of how loosely coupled you want your environment. I'd really just use the network share for now, and only when needed move to a web service i.e. if you need to put in more than 1 place, run any pre-processing of the images/videos, etc. This is highly dependent on your specific environment and where you want to put the load / even processing queues would be used if the load were extremely high.

eglasius 2010-09-28 21:34:02

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