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Suggestion: use CloudFlare to cache images at the HTTP layer so multiple requests for the same URL never even hit your app servers. CloudFlare + PaaS providers
by tlrobinson 14y ago
Suggestion: use CloudFlare to cache images at the HTTP layer so multiple requests for the same URL never even hit your app servers.
CloudFlare + PaaS providers like Nodejitsu/Heroku is a great combination, IMHO.
- Amfy 14y agoOh, yes, please! Actually none of the images are loading...
- RKearney 14y agoCloudFlare will close your account if you are only using it to serve up assets like this unless you're paying for the $200/month Business plan.
- wizard_2 14y agoPlease explain this, I'm not sure what kind of activity you're talking about.
- RKearney 14y agoHere's the article I read that lead me to write that comment. http://phoboslab.org/log/2013/02/how-much-traffic-is-too-much-traffic-for-cloudflare http://phoboslab.org/log/2013/02/how-much-traffic-is-too-muc... Essentially the site was just one html page that had endless scrolling and loaded hundreds of images. CloudFlare declared the site as being under a "Layer 7 Attack" even though it wasn't.