I want to talk about the media library

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SITECORE WARS IV: A NEW
HOPE WAYTO DELIVER
MEDIA
Ben Sterrett

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BEN STERRETT? WHO?

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ABOUT ME
• I went to Clemson
University (GOTIGERS)
• 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
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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
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UGH, FINE. WHY AREYOU
HERE?

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I LOVETHE INTERNET
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I LOVETHE INTERNET
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Pic related: It’s a bunny
with a sad.
… and slow internets give me a sad.

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YOU HAVEN’T ANSWERED
THE QUESTION

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I WANTTOTALK ABOUTTHE
MEDIA LIBRARY

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SITECORE DRIVES CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
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… it says it right up front.

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SITECORE DRIVES CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
• GroundbreakingVersatility
• StatisticalVision IntoYour Site
• Second-To-None Authorship Experiences
• Actionable Metrics to help improve business
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SITECORE DRIVES CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
• 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
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… without getting in your way

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

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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
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…Lightning-fast, neck-breaking speed

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WHY ARE WE STILL HOSTING
OUR OWN MEDIA?

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HOW MEDIA EXISTSTODAY
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HOW MEDIA EXISTSTODAY
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”
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YES, BEN,THIS ISWHY WE
CREATED CONTENT
DELIVERY NETWORKS

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CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS
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SITECORE ON CDNS
• No out-of-the-box solution
• Sitecore CDN Connector Module
• Set MediaPrefixUrl to the CDN Url
• AWS Elastic Load Balancer + CloudFront
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… should be the standard for today

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DOESTHIS SOLVE ALL OF OUR CONS?
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”
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WHY DON’T WE PUT OUR
ASSETS SOMEWHERETHAT
SPECIALIZES IN ASSETS?

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PEOPLE ARE DOINGTHIS ALREADY
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WHERE MY WORK COMES IN
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… initial focus is on images
=+

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WOAHTHERE, COWBOY.
IMGIX? S3?

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INTRODUCING IMGIX
• Image Manipulation
over HTTP
• CDN
• Giant Server Farms
• Massive Array of
Transformations
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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
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OH, OKAY. CONTINUE.

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PARTS OFTHE PROCESS
1. Upload media blob data to S3 instead of Sitecore
(keeping image item)
2. Extend Field Renderer
3. Redirect Media Item requests
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STOP,YOU NEEDTO SHOW
METHIS NOW.

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DOESTHIS SOLVE ALL OF OUR CONS?
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
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THANKYOU FOR COMING
Proof of concept code location

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QUESTIONS?