# Amazon S3 and Rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/amazon-s3-and-rails/134372>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 10, 2008, 9:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/amazon-s3-and-rails/134372 "2008-04-10T09:17:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![sweetpete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@sweetpete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sweetpete)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 9:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/amazon-s3-and-rails/134372/1 "2008-04-10T09:17:49Z")

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Hi

I have created a new website on a slicehost VPS server that has 10GB  
storage. I am using attachment\_fu for photo uploads.

I am wondering if i should use Amazon S3 from the start.

If i have a lot of storage space already on my VPS server (for my  
app), is there any advantage in using Amazon S3 instead? Will it make  
my app run faster?

Is it easy to transfer files to Amazon S3 later on?

Many thanks,

PJ.