def find_asset_host
if APP_CONFIG['use_asset_servers'] == true
ActionController::Base.asset_host = Proc.new { |source|
asset_hosts = %w{icarus hades dionysus apollo zeus aphrodite ares poseidon}

# disable asset host
if is_development?
“”
else
if source.starts_with?('/content')
“http://#{asset_hosts[rand(8)]}.#{@site.domain}”
else
“http://assets.#{@site.domain}”
end
end
}
end
end

def find_asset_host
if APP_CONFIG['use_asset_servers'] == true
ActionController::Base.asset_host = Proc.new { |source|
asset_hosts = %w{icarus hades dionysus apollo zeus aphrodite ares poseidon}

# disable asset host
if is_development?
“”
else
if source.starts_with?('/content')
“http://#{asset_hosts[rand(8)]}.#{@site.domain}”
else
“http://assets.#{@site.domain}”
end
end
}
end
end

Example:
We're linking to logo.png in the header.
Page 1: http://icarus.mycoolsite.com/images/logo.png
Page 2: http://zeus.mycoolsite.com/images/logo.png
Page 3: http://aphrodite.mycoolsite.com/images/logo.png

Your browser will interpret this as 3 different files and download it once at Page 1 and again on Page 2 and again on Page 3. Imagine doing that with every asset on a page. This is way worse than having a single asset host.

The real solution would be to conceive of a way to tie specific assets to specific hosts by filename or id or something.