Doubt in web space Allocation

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Suppose there is a social networking site for uploading and sharing videos developed in rails. It has subscription packages like Free - 1 gb, Pro - 5 gb and Plus - 10 gb. How do they allocate the space for a particular user for a particular subscription package automatically?

Thank you

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They probably don't so much pre-allocate space as monitor how much a user is using.

Putting accounts into size bins lets the vendor determine their capacity measures, and when it's time to expand their back-end storage to ensure space availability.

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Ar Chron wrote:

They probably don't so much pre-allocate space as monitor how much a user is using.

Putting accounts into size bins lets the vendor determine their capacity measures, and when it's time to expand their back-end storage to ensure space availability. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Thank you for your reply. Are there any methods to monitor the web space usage through Rails using some gems or plugins?

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dark2imperial wrote:

Thank you for your reply. Are there any methods to monitor the web space usage through Rails using some gems or plugins?

Not that I know of, but I'd think that you really only need a space_used attribute on the account, and methods to increment or decrement the account's usage on the upload or deletion of a file/video.