Forum on a host, attachments on another ?

[IncubuRs]

I have a vp with 20 giga .. I don't want to upgrade it ..

And I have a shared hosting with lots of gigabytes and bandwidth .. can I put the attachment path to the shared hosting .. and keep the vp only for the forum without attachment files ?

There is any connection can be done ?

[Andy Huang]

This can be done, but will require A LOT of custom coding. In a nut shell, you will need to either:
Add code to send the attachments to another server after it is uploaded initially, and then adjust the URLs as needed.
OR
Modify the code to allow users to POST to another server, and then use methods like XML RPC to tell your vBulletin which thread it should go to, blah blah blah.

Either way would work, the latter would be more bandwidth efficient (as you don't need to send the attachment between your hostings "twice"), but it will require a lot more coding.

Due to the scale of this, you may also be required to do code edits, instead of just simple plugins. Which will in turn hinder your upgrade process, too. Personally, I'd recommend that if you're out-growing your hosting options, then it is time to upgrade instead of trying to deploy a hacky work around.

[IncubuRs]

Wow .. that is much more than expected .. thanks ..
my forum contains sound tracks attachment as a main objective of it .. after 2 months I will have to get a dedicated server if it continued this way

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anyway .. thx again