Using Symbolic Links for Very Large Image directories
Am I missing something or is there a better/easier/default way to do handle large numbers of images/assets across DEV &amp; LIVE environments when they are on the same server/account?


Ideally you'd move them to a cloud-based solution (S3, etc.), but locally using a symlink is a perfectly fine option, too.  Just make sure that Apache is configured to follow symlinks.

Wither either the symlink or cloud-based solution, just remember if you've got dev and live using their own databases and you perform an Asset operation on one (upload a file, delete a file, rename, etc.), then the other database will be out of sync and you'd need to run the "Update Asset Indexes" tool to pick up the change.