Design and Deployment

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi guys,

Looking for some advice if possible.. I basically want to create a free dj mix site, whereby users can upload mixes, rate them, discuss them etc.. but I have a few (ok, many) questions that I could do with answering to help me on my way to rails zen!

Firstly is the way I can deploy the application. I would probably be using Apache 2.2, mod_proxy_balancer and mongrel. Would there be any way that large file uploads (of around 100mb) would cause problems with this setup? I'm not au fait with the way that this works in rails, as I'm still a complete newbie. What about memory filling issues, buffers etc..

More questions will come (undoubtedly) but I thought I'd start off on a simple(ish) one first.

Thanks! Joel

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You should seriously consider using merb for large file uploads.

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You should seriously consider using merb for large file uploads.

Looks very interesting, I wasn't even aware smaller frameworks existed in such a capacity. I will take a look at it.

Thanks!