Rails - May 2006 - Sending files through send_file or by httpd?

If I were to serve files, would send_file via rails be slow?
I think they will be 200mb avi files.

Would it be better to send them via /public ?

But I would like to track the clicks on each file - which makes me think 
that I can''t serve them out on /public as those clicks will not go 
through my application.

Any help or suggestions?

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On 1-jun-2006, at 0:33, Ken Kam wrote:
> If I were to serve files, would send_file via rails be slow?
> I think they will be 200mb avi files.
>
> Would it be better to send them via /public ?
>
> But I would like to track the clicks on each file - which makes me  
> think
> that I can''t serve them out on /public as those clicks will not go
> through my application.
>
> Any help or suggestions?
Do a redirect or make use of the lighttpd facilities for special  
downloading. Lighttpd threads very well - an FCGI doesn''t thread at  
all so you will be losing a whole dispatcher until the  download is  
complete.

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Julian ''Julik'' Tarkhanov wrote:
> On 1-jun-2006, at 0:33, Ken Kam wrote:
> 
>> Any help or suggestions?
> Do a redirect or make use of the lighttpd facilities for special
> downloading. Lighttpd threads very well - an FCGI doesn''t thread
at
> all so you will be losing a whole dispatcher until the  download is
> complete.
> 
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> Julian ''Julik'' Tarkhanov
> please send all personal mail to
> me at julik.nl
And what if that redirected link is accidentally leaked? Is there a way 
to prevent that?

And could you elaborate on what lighttpd facilities there are for 
special downloading?

And thank you for answering the question :D.

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On 1-jun-2006, at 1:32, Ken Kam wrote:
> Julian ''Julik'' Tarkhanov wrote:
>> On 1-jun-2006, at 0:33, Ken Kam wrote:
>>
>>> Any help or suggestions?
>> Do a redirect or make use of the lighttpd facilities for special
>> downloading. Lighttpd threads very well - an FCGI doesn''t
thread at
>> all so you will be losing a whole dispatcher until the  download is
>> complete.
>
> And could you elaborate on what lighttpd facilities there are for
> special downloading?
http://lighttpd.net/documentation/secdownload.html
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Julian ''Julik'' Tarkhanov wrote:
> On 1-jun-2006, at 1:32, Ken Kam wrote:
> 
>> special downloading?
> http://lighttpd.net/documentation/secdownload.html
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Cheers

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