Re: [OT] Dedicated Image Uploader/Server [/OT]
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 50648
interpreted = N
texte = Robert,On Thursday, May 22, 2003, at 09:29 AM, Robert Wade wrote:> Hello, sorry for the OT. I have a members site that gets a reasonable > amount of traffic running WebCat4 on WebStar.Same here.> Members of the site have personal photo galleries that they can > manage, including the uploading of gif and jpg images. I'm using the > standard WebCatalog File upload scheme for them to upload photos. As > you know you can't determine much about the file they are uploading, > until it gets to the server (including size).You can determine size after it is uploaded and resize (or delete) images then.> As this site grows this is creating problems. People are disregarding > the size restrictions and attempting to upload really large files, > causing the server to crash. It's happening about 5 to 10 times > daily.Is the server really crashing due to the upload? Can you duplicate this? Or is the crash maybe due to something happening after the upload is completed?> I'm looking for another solution for file upload. Something that > would run on a dedicated box. Something that would handle the upload > in a nice manner as well as serve the images.The only issue with this is that you would need (I imagine) to somehow tie the images to their name/profile.> This way, if there is a crash, it just brings down this images server > temporarily, and not the whole server, which is running several other > sites as well that are being effected by this.You could also use something like php to handle the upload and place the images in a specific place, then have a webcat trigger read that folder later for further processing.> Does anyone have any hardware/software combo's they might recommend, > or other ideas. This site, is mainly a hobby for me and not much of a > money maker, so I can't afford to get too carried away.I upload pics using webcat, then run a script to call ImageMagick to determine proper file format and size. If the image is of an invalid (non-allowed) format the user is presented with an error screen and the file is deleted. For the others, the image, if the dimensions are too big (my determination) then I use ImageMagick to resize the image. Then the image is moved to the appropriate directory.> Thanks in advance!! > > -Robert Dale ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Robert,On Thursday, May 22, 2003, at 09:29 AM, Robert Wade wrote:> Hello, sorry for the OT. I have a members site that gets a reasonable > amount of traffic running WebCat4 on WebStar.Same here.> Members of the site have personal photo galleries that they can > manage, including the uploading of gif and jpg images. I'm using the > standard WebCatalog File upload scheme for them to upload photos. As > you know you can't determine much about the file they are uploading, > until it gets to the server (including size).You can determine size after it is uploaded and resize (or delete) images then.> As this site grows this is creating problems. People are disregarding > the size restrictions and attempting to upload really large files, > causing the server to crash. It's happening about 5 to 10 times > daily.Is the server really crashing due to the upload? Can you duplicate this? Or is the crash maybe due to something happening after the upload is completed?> I'm looking for another solution for file upload. Something that > would run on a dedicated box. Something that would handle the upload > in a nice manner as well as serve the images.The only issue with this is that you would need (I imagine) to somehow tie the images to their name/profile.> This way, if there is a crash, it just brings down this images server > temporarily, and not the whole server, which is running several other > sites as well that are being effected by this.You could also use something like php to handle the upload and place the images in a specific place, then have a webcat trigger read that folder later for further processing.> Does anyone have any hardware/software combo's they might recommend, > or other ideas. This site, is mainly a hobby for me and not much of a > money maker, so I can't afford to get too carried away.I upload pics using webcat, then run a script to call ImageMagick to determine proper file format and size. If the image is of an invalid (non-allowed) format the user is presented with an error screen and the file is deleted. For the others, the image, if the dimensions are too big (my determination) then I use ImageMagick to resize the image. Then the image is moved to the appropriate directory.> Thanks in advance!! > > -Robert Dale ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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