Setting Image FileName to FTP vs HTTP

[Tariel Gogoberidze]

On May 12, 2009, at 10:57 PM, Tariel Gogoberidze wrote:


> Setting the image FileName to
>
> ftp://User:Pass@DomainName.com:21/folderName/ImageName.jpg
>
> is working in my tests, but may be somebody knows, is it OK to use  
> FTP to set  image FileName and if yes,  is there a difference in  
> load speed, reliability etc between setting image FileName to FTP  
> as opposed to "normal"
> http://DomainName.com/FolderName/ImageName.jpg



Concerning speed, I can answer this question myself now. Repeat loop  
on bunch of images that sets image FileName to FTP:// takes about 3  
times longer then HTTP://

FTP = 70 sec
HTTP = 20 sec

So, another question, is it possible to have http:// path to On-Rev  
folder not accessible from browser?

Tariel