Remote server for media

[mark1491]

I am converting to two servers, the first one will have my site on it and the second will just have my media, with 20mbps line. 

Am I suppose to change the constants.php to make this work? I have tried this:

define('MEDIA_DIR', '64.72.xxx.xxx/data/media');
define('THUMB_DIR', '64.72.xxx.xxx/data/thumbnails');

But it isn't working

Thanks in advance,
Mark

[mark1491]

Anynone have any Ideas, yet?

[V@no]

Sorry, you cant do that, unless somehow you map media / thumbnails folders on the server to point to a remote server...I doubt its possible though...

[mark1491]

so there is no way to have a remote server?

[V@no]

not unless you first upload them onto remote server and then use remote URL when adding new images...

[mark1491]

I just keep trying to figure an alternative way out. if my remote server is setup with 64.72.xxx.xxx/data/media/3/test.mpg and the image_media_file in my sql shows test.mpg on the real server

I tried this in global.php on the real server

I know it doesn't work correctly, but could someone help me out?

$msg = "";
$clickstream = "";
define('MEDIA_PATH', '64.72.xxx.xxx'.MEDIA_DIR);
define('THUMB_PATH', '64.72.xxx.xxx'.THUMB_DIR);
define('MEDIA_TEMP_PATH', ROOT_PATH.MEDIA_TEMP_DIR);
define('THUMB_TEMP_PATH', ROOT_PATH.THUMB_TEMP_DIR);