AndreMartin
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In reply to: [W3 Total Cache] [Plugin: W3 Total Cache] Permanent CDN storageSorry, no true solution other than switching hosts but then running into the domain wildcard issue.
Say you would go for RackSpace’s cloud options, then you would have to get a dedicated server so you can configure domain settings by yourself as their shared accounts don’t allow something like *.domain required for subdomain hosting on a multi-site setup.
Or you would go for wildcard-allowing services like MediaTemple but run into their storage issue (see my previous post).
Unless someone got another good hosting option that doesn’t shut you down at the slightest load increase, I’m afraid there’s not much to do other than self-managed at Amazon or dedicated servers at providers like RackSpace (that connect to their or your own external storage such as Amazon’s S3).Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [W3 Total Cache] [Plugin: W3 Total Cache] Permanent CDN storageMy question would solve the storage problem for all those hosting on limited space accounts that are not upgradeable and/or have no way to install the required tools to make external storage locations a local drive/folder. In mind comes providers like Mediatemple (100GB max) or RackSpaceCloud where server storage is more expensive than their file storage system (CDN).
W3 Total Cache would instantly turn into a double-feature plugin by (short description) adding a switch to “copy” (for cache) or “move” (for permanent) local files like blogs directory to CDN while using existing cache function for other files.
Splitting up WordPress (in particular the multi-site setup) is a necessity but so far poorly covered. Putting the database on another server is simple (and I’ve seen a db-split plugin somewhere before), running the main site on some good infrastructure is no question either, but the “outsourcing storage” remains an issue. There’s one old plugin that allows for blogs directory to be moved to S3 but W3TC would take the whole thing forward by miles because it’s up-to-date and supports several CDN.