One of paperclips very cool features is the :id_parition. By default, ubuntu servers can only store a maxium of 32000 objects in any given directory. This presents a problem when working with large image sets, like our client GreatAmericanArt’s art catalog. While our initial server set-up was fine, we migrated to a REE/nginx/passegner set-up on Ubuntu hit this limit. I wrote the follow ruby script to help migrate from a simple :id asset directory structure to utilizing :id_partition. It’s pretty basic, but in case it helps anyone out I wanted to put it out there. Full script after the jump.
