Images on a different server?

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by Shawn Gossman, Jun 11, 2010.

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    Question...

    I noticed Yahoo does this and I think maybe even pornbotspace...oh I mean MySpace. Images hosted on another domain and server to improve performance and space and all that. Is it a good idea? I got a twitter-like site with over 100 members (in 2 months mind you :D sorry im proud lol) and all their avatars takes ages to backup even on my faster cable-moden PC. I am on a VPS but wondering if I should get another VPS and domain to host all the images on?

    What do yall think? Opinions? Suggestions? Talks about good food? Tell me what you think! :D
     
    Shawn Gossman, Jun 11, 2010 IP
  2. RHS-Chris

    RHS-Chris Well-Known Member

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    Yes, it can help to reduce load on your server and speed up your site if images are hosted on a different server. Instead of looking for a VPS though, maybe try out a shared hosting account to keep your images on. The problem you will have though, is if you allow a user to upload images/avatars, you will have to ensure that they are loaded onto the correct server.

    Chris
     
    RHS-Chris, Jun 11, 2010 IP
  3. zacharooni

    zacharooni Well-Known Member

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    Easy setup a subdomain CDN.domain.com and rewrite images from there with mod_rewrite
     
    zacharooni, Jun 12, 2010 IP
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    oxyhosts2010 Peon

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    You can buy a file hosting account(many hosts provides that) and then put all your images in that server. You can then pull of the images from that server to your site . I think it is worth trying :)
     
    oxyhosts2010, Jun 13, 2010 IP
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    Yes. you can do that. its possible. you can save space on ur main domain space by doing this
     
    webhost2, Jun 14, 2010 IP
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    That would be very important if you have only few bandwidth for your hosting account. And also it reduces the server load by a big amount.
     
    eSupun, Jun 15, 2010 IP