[wp-hackers] Load Balancing | Media Uploads to Multiple Servers

[Steve Pellham]

Thanks for the replies.  I'll check out csync... and go back and read the
thread again to make sure I haven't missed any input.   If we do decide to
roll something out in plugin form specifically with WP instead of just at
the server level, I'll certainly share that with the group.


On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Simon Wheatley <simon at sweetinteraction.com
> wrote:

> Just had a quick chat with the sysadmin at Positive Internet, who was
> very helpful. Apparently the solution uses csync [1], which is similar
> to rsync but has a small database which enables it to "be a bit
> smarter". The syncing on this system is set to every five minutes,
> although we did discuss upping the frequency a bit more on
> wp-content/uploads perhaps, also discussed was putting a single file
> system (I assume he meant NAS) to serve both servers. I'm also going
> to be advising the client to ensure they "wait a bit" after uploading
> before clicking publish. :)
>
> Hope this helps you out.
>
> S
>
> [1] http://www.csync.org/
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Steve Pellham<spellham at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Simon, is the sync real-time as content is uploaded or nightly (or other
> > frequency) as suggested by Tim?
> >
> > Tim - if you only update nightly... are your servers used for backup only
> or
> > real-time load balancing?  Again, the concern is viewing a post on a
> server
> > where an image is not available.
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Simon Wheatley
> > <simon at sweetinteraction.com>wrote:
> >
> >> The load balanced solution I'm deploying to as I type has file syncing
> >> in the OS File System. Perhaps worth looking at as well as a WP
> >> solution?
> >>
> >> S
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Steve Pellham<spellham at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > Is anyone aware of an existing plugin for the post editor pages and/or
> >> media
> >> > gallery that would push uploaded media (images, video, etc....) to
> >> multiple
> >> > servers in cases where a WP installation is load balanced?
> >> >
> >> > DB changes are handled via local and wan replication, but I'm looking
> for
> >> a
> >> > solution for keeping other media in sync as new images/videos are
> added
> >> to
> >> > the gallery, inside posts, etc...  I can think of ways to accomplish
> this
> >> > (ftp, rsync...), but I haven't yet found an existing plugin for this.
> >>  Don't
> >> > want to reinvent the wheel unless absolutely necessary.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks, Steve
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