Photo Server Software?

[Derek Atkins]

David Kramer <david-8uUts6sDVDvs2Lz0fTdYFQ at public.gmane.org> writes:

> jay-R5TnC2l8y5lBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org wrote, On 09/12/2008 10:51 AM:
>
>> I've worked with gallery on a project for the Umass boston bio dept.
>> Its a powerful cms with a lot of great media features. The only
>> drawback is its use of folders for organization. Works great for a
>> small to moderate sized sites but it starts to choke when you get
>> into multiple thousands of albums/folders because of its relyance on
>> folder structure rather than the db for organization.
>> 
>> Just a heads up and not much to worry about for most sites,because it
>> is a great cms for photo sharing and management just not on a large
>> scale.
>
> My guess is this:
> Gallery lets multiple people host their pictures in photo albums, and
> there's also multiple ways of getting photos into those photo albums.  I
> think the folders are separate to avoid file permissions problems.

In my case it's pretty much just me.   I do like the fact that
I can put ACLs on various photos and directories in order to limit
who can see what.  But most likely it will only be me putting data
up on the server.

So I doubt I'll run into this.  It'll take me YEARS before I have
1000 albums.

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-derek

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