ben sterrett - sitecore wars iv: a new way to deliver media - sugcon

Organized by the Community, for the Community.

SITECORE WARS IV: A NEW HOPE WAY TO DELIVER MEDIA

Ben Sterrett

Organized by the Community, for the Community. 2SUGCON NORTH AMERICA 2015

BEN STERRETT? WHO?

Organized by the Community, for the Community. 3

ABOUT ME

• I went to Clemson University (GO TIGERS)

• I work for Hedgehog Development (GO HEDGEHOGS)

• I love to hack on new technology

• I have three crazy daughters

• I like long walks on the beach

• I like getting caught in rain

• I hate piña coladas

SUGCON NORTH AMERICA 2015


ABOUT ME

• I have a background in high performance / high throughput computing

• I frequently work with node and RoR in my spare time

• I once broke a window with a baseball and I don’t know if it was on purpose

• One time I told a PM that I would allow him to Photoshop text into his images



UGH, FINE. WHY ARE YOU HERE?


I LOVE THE INTERNET



I LOVE THE INTERNET


Pic related: It’s a bunny with a sad.

… and slow internets give me a sad.


YOU HAVEN’T ANSWERED THE QUESTION


I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MEDIA LIBRARY


SITECORE DRIVES CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE


… it says it right up front.



• Groundbreaking Versatility• Statistical Vision Into Your Site• Second-To-None Authorship Experiences• Actionable Metrics to help improve

business




• Sitecore is Un-opinionated• It is a Blank Canvas• It is a web development platform• It is an advice-giving platform• Does not care about how you do UX


… without getting in your way


OF COURSE SITECORE DOESN’T DO UX, HOW COULD IT?


ANSWER: SPEED

• We are a part of a global community• What works in the US might not work elsewhere• The rest of Sitecore is ready out-of-the-box to

handle a global marketplace• The media library needs to reflect this


…Lightning-fast, neck-breaking speed


WHY ARE WE STILL HOSTING OUR OWN MEDIA?


HOW MEDIA EXISTS TODAY



HOW MEDIA EXISTS TODAY

Pros

• Easily curatable content• Securable• Reliable• Keeps DBA salaries high

Cons

• ASHX handlers can be slow• Databases get gigantic and

hugely difficult to maintain• Transformations take up

valuable server time• Web server is busy handling

media, not other web requests• File synchronization can be an

issue for web farm environments

• The web server exists in one place geographically

• Not “cloud friendly”



YES, BEN, THIS IS WHY WE CREATED CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS


CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS



SITECORE ON CDNS

• No out-of-the-box solution• Sitecore CDN Connector Module• Set MediaPrefixUrl to the CDN Url• AWS Elastic Load Balancer + CloudFront


… should be the standard for today

https://marketplace.sitecore.net/en/Modules/Sitecore_CDN_Connector.aspx


DOES THIS SOLVE ALL OF OUR CONS?Pros


Cons







• Not “cloud friendly”



WHY DON’T WE PUT OUR ASSETS SOMEWHERE THAT SPECIALIZES IN ASSETS?


PEOPLE ARE DOING THIS ALREADY



WHERE MY WORK COMES IN


… initial focus is on images

=+


WOAH THERE, COWBOY. IMGIX? S3?


INTRODUCING IMGIX

• Image Manipulation over HTTP

• CDN• Giant Server Farms• Massive Array of

Transformations



INTRODUCING S3

• Cloud-Based Storage From Amazon

• Structure Provided by Keys

• Extensive APIs and SDKs

• Can cheaply store large amounts of data

• Not a CDN



OH, OKAY. CONTINUE.


PARTS OF THE PROCESS

1. Upload media blob data to S3 instead of Sitecore (keeping image item)

2. Extend Field Renderer3. Redirect Media Item requests



STOP, YOU NEED TO SHOW ME THIS NOW.


DOES THIS SOLVE ALL OF OUR CONS?Pros


Cons







• Not cloud friendly



THANK YOU FOR COMINGProof of concept code location


QUESTIONS?

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