# Disk space management

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disk-space-management/110129>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 23, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disk-space-management/110129 "2007-07-23T16:45:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![itsybitsyspidy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/94ad74/32.png) [@itsybitsyspidy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/itsybitsyspidy)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disk-space-management/110129/1 "2007-07-23T16:45:00Z")

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Do you guys have any recommendations on how do i go about handling the  
function of giving my registered users on my website some disk space?  
I’m running a ruby website on a Fedora Core 5 Linux machine, and after  
my users register, I want to be able to let them upload some files, and  
display it as a link for download later. My intention is for it to work  
like a web host, which my users can ftp and upload files, and download  
the files from a web page later on.

Hope I’m not asking something which is too difficult to do, as i’m still  
quite new to ruby.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![itsybitsyspidy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/94ad74/32.png) [@itsybitsyspidy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/itsybitsyspidy)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disk-space-management/110129/2 "2007-07-24T04:16:08Z")

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Anyone?

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**Author:** ![itsybitsyspidy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/94ad74/32.png) [@itsybitsyspidy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/itsybitsyspidy)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 11:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disk-space-management/110129/3 "2007-07-24T11:57:49Z")

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> my users register, I want to be able to let them upload some files, and  
> display it as a link for download later. My intention is for it to work

this reviews three famous upload plugins. btw, i have file\_column, but  
i’d reccomend against it, as it is old, and not being developed any  
longer. anyway, hope u find this somewhat useful:

[http://www.flex888.com/2007/03/21/three-ruby-on-rails-file-upload-plugins-reviewed.html](http://www.flex888.com/2007/03/21/three-ruby-on-rails-file-upload-plugins-reviewed.html)