sunnyt7
March 6, 2018, 4:05am
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Ah. Was just curious if there were any considerable advantages, given that it’s not as ‘plug-and-play’ to set up. Sounds like more just a matter of preference.
Thanks guys!
pfaffman
March 6, 2018, 4:09am
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S3 has the advantage of serving the files directly as opposed to your server pumping them out.
techAPJ
June 7, 2018, 4:30am
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We now have a howto for using DigitalOcean Block Storage:
So you want to move all uploads and backups to DigitalOcean Block Storage ?
Before you do this, though, you might instead consider Using Object Storage for Uploads (S3 & Clones) . It is no more complicated to set up and provides some other advantages.
official guide .
Add a block storage volume to your droplet. Note down the name of the volume. In my case the name of the…
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