[Setup] Use file system for storage?

[Joe Ersinghaus]

Has anyone tried frs?

Morten W. Petersen wrote:
> Des,
>
> Des Dougan wrote:
>   
>> I'm part of planning a Plone portal implementation which will, it is
>> hoped, store a considerable amount of externally-generated content (Word
>> files, PDFs, etc.) as the use of the portal grows.
>>
>> What considerations should be taken into account for managing such
>> content? Should the binary files/objects be stored outside the ZODB, and
>> if so which products or mechanisms would be recommended, something like
>> DirectoryStorage, for example?
>>     
>
> I've tried DirectoryStorage earlier and it works.  Personally, I think a
>  combination of the ZODB and FileSystemStorage is the best solution.
>
> With some modification of the image and file ATContentTypes you get
> storage of most objects in the ZODB, and large objects are stored
> outside of the ZODB, in files.
>
> I used Andreas Jung's FSS, which is available here
>
>   ftp://ftp.zopyx.com/open-source/FSS.tar.gz
>
> for that purpose.
>
> -Morten
>
> _______________________________________________
> Setup mailing list
> Setup at lists.plone.org
> http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/setup
>