diff --git a/bin/console b/bin/console
index 449afd50d7..21e0e2dd2b 100755
--- a/bin/console
+++ b/bin/console
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ namespace KonsoleKommander;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Command\Plugin\ListPlugin;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Command\Setup\H264ConfigurationDumper;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Command\Setup\H264MappingGenerator;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Command\Setup\StaticConfigurationDumper;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Command\Setup\StaticMappingGenerator;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Command\Setup\StaticSymLinkGenerator;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Version;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Command\BuildMissingSubdefs;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Command\CreateCollection;
@@ -105,6 +108,10 @@ $cli->command(new H264MappingGenerator());
 $cli->command(new XSendFileConfigurationDumper());
 $cli->command(new XSendFileMappingGenerator());
 
+$cli->command(new StaticConfigurationDumper());
+$cli->command(new StaticMappingGenerator());
+$cli->command(new StaticSymLinkGenerator());
+
 $cli->loadPlugins();
 
 exit(is_int($cli->run()) ? : 1);
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Command/Setup/StaticConfigurationDumper.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Command/Setup/StaticConfigurationDumper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31c1ed223c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Command/Setup/StaticConfigurationDumper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2014 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Command\Setup;
+
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Command\Command;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Exception\RuntimeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+class StaticConfigurationDumper extends Command
+{
+    public function __construct($name = null)
+    {
+        parent::__construct('static-file:dump-configuration');
+
+        $this->setDescription('Dump the virtual host configuration depending on Phraseanet configuration');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    protected function doExecute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
+    {
+        $output->writeln('');
+
+        if ($this->container['phraseanet.xsendfile-factory']->isXSendFileModeEnabled()) {
+            throw new \LogicException('XSendFile mode is already activated');
+        }
+
+        if (!$this->container['phraseanet.static-file-factory']->isStaticFileModeEnabled()) {
+            $output->writeln('Static file support is <error>disabled</error>');
+            $ret = 1;
+        } else {
+            $output->writeln('Static file support is <info>enabled</info>');
+            $ret = 0;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            $configuration = $this->container['phraseanet.static-file-factory']->getMode(true, true)->getVirtualHostConfiguration();
+            $output->writeln('Static file configuration seems <info>OK</info>');
+            $output->writeln($configuration);
+        } catch (RuntimeException $e) {
+            $output->writeln('Static file configuration seems <error>invalid</error>');
+            $ret = 1;
+        }
+
+        $output->writeln('');
+
+        return $ret;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Command/Setup/StaticMappingGenerator.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Command/Setup/StaticMappingGenerator.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65766045c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Command/Setup/StaticMappingGenerator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2014 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Command\Setup;
+
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Command\Command;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\StaticFile\StaticFileFactory;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;
+
+class StaticMappingGenerator extends Command
+{
+    public function __construct($name = null)
+    {
+        parent::__construct('static-file:generate-mapping');
+
+        $this->addOption('write', 'w', null, 'Writes the configuration')
+             ->addOption('enabled', 'e', null, 'Set the enable toggle to `true`')
+             ->addArgument('type', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'The configuration type, either `nginx` or `apache`')
+             ->setDescription('Generates Phraseanet Static file configuration');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    protected function doExecute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
+    {
+        $enabled = $input->getOption('enabled');
+        $type = strtolower($input->getArgument('type'));
+
+        $factory = new StaticFileFactory($this->container['monolog'], true, $type, $this->container['phraseanet.thumb-symlinker']);
+        $mode = $factory->getMode(true);
+
+        $conf = array(
+            'enabled' => $enabled,
+            'type' => $type,
+            'mapping' => $mode->getMapping(),
+        );
+
+        if ($input->getOption('write')) {
+            $output->write("Writing configuration ...");
+            $this->container['phraseanet.configuration']['static-file'] = $conf;
+            $output->writeln(" <info>OK</info>");
+            $output->writeln("");
+            $output->write("It is now strongly recommended to use <info>static-file:dump-configuration</info> command to upgrade your virtual-host");
+        } else {
+            $output->writeln("Configuration will <info>not</info> be written, use <info>--write</info> option to write it");
+            $output->writeln("");
+            $output->writeln(Yaml::dump(array('static-file' => $conf), 4));
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    private function computeMapping($paths)
+    {
+        $paths = array_unique($paths);
+
+        $ret = array();
+
+        foreach ($paths as $path) {
+            $ret[$path] = $this->pathsToConf($path);
+        }
+
+        return $ret;
+    }
+
+    private function pathsToConf($path)
+    {
+        static $n = 0;
+        $n++;
+
+        return array('mount-point' => 'mp4-videos-'.$n, 'directory' => $path, 'passphrase' => \random::generatePassword(32));
+    }
+
+    private function extractPath(\appbox $appbox)
+    {
+        $paths = array();
+
+        foreach ($appbox->get_databoxes() as $databox) {
+            foreach ($databox->get_subdef_structure() as $group => $subdefs) {
+                if ('video' !== $group) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                foreach ($subdefs as $subdef) {
+                    $paths[] = $subdef->get_path();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return array_filter(array_unique($paths));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Command/Setup/StaticSymLinkGenerator.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Command/Setup/StaticSymLinkGenerator.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bca4689144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Command/Setup/StaticSymLinkGenerator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2014 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Command\Setup;
+
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Command\Command;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\StaticFile\StaticFileFactory;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;
+
+class StaticSymLinkGenerator extends Command
+{
+    public function __construct($name = null)
+    {
+        parent::__construct('static-file:generate-symlink');
+
+        $this
+             ->setDescription('Generates Phraseanet Static file symlinks');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    protected function doExecute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
+    {
+        if (!$this->container['phraseanet.static-file-factory']->isStaticFileModeEnabled()) {
+            $output->writeln('Static file support is <error>disabled</error>');
+
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        $output->writeln("Removing symlinks ...");
+        $this->container['filesystem']->remove($this->container['phraseanet.thumb-symlinker']->getPublicDir());
+        $total = 0;
+        foreach ($this->container['phraseanet.appbox']->get_databoxes() as $databox) {
+            $sql = 'SELECT count(subdef_id) as total FROM subdef WHERE `name`="thumbnail"';
+            $stmt = $databox->get_connection()->prepare($sql);
+            $stmt->execute();
+            $row = $stmt->fetch(\PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+            $stmt->closeCursor();
+            $total += $row['total'];
+        }
+        $output->writeln("Creating symlinks ...");
+        $progress = $this->getHelperSet()->get('progress');
+        $progress->start($output, $total);
+        $i = 0;
+        do {
+            foreach ($this->container['phraseanet.appbox']->get_databoxes() as $databox) {
+                $sql = 'SELECT record_id FROM record';
+                $stmt = $databox->get_connection()->prepare($sql);
+                $stmt->execute();
+                $rows = $stmt->fetchAll(\PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+                $stmt->closeCursor();
+
+                foreach ($rows as $row) {
+                    $record = $databox->get_record($row['record_id']);
+                    foreach ($record->get_subdefs() as $subdef) {
+                        if ($subdef->get_name() !== 'thumbnail') {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        $this->container['phraseanet.thumb-symlinker']->symlink($subdef->get_pathfile());
+                        $progress->advance();
+                        $i++;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } while ($i < $total);
+
+        $progress->finish();
+
+        $output->writeln("<info>OK</info>");
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Provider/FileServeServiceProvider.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Provider/FileServeServiceProvider.php
index a22ab5d29d..8ed200e297 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Provider/FileServeServiceProvider.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Provider/FileServeServiceProvider.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Provider;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Event\Subscriber\XSendFileSubscriber;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\H264PseudoStreaming\H264Factory;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\ServeFileResponseFactory;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\StaticFile\StaticFileFactory;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\XSendFile\XSendFileFactory;
 use Silex\Application;
 use Silex\ServiceProviderInterface;
@@ -33,10 +34,18 @@ class FileServeServiceProvider implements ServiceProviderInterface
             return H264Factory::create($app);
         });
 
+        $app['phraseanet.static-file-factory'] = $app->share(function ($app) {
+            return StaticFileFactory::create($app);
+        });
+
         $app['phraseanet.h264'] = $app->share(function ($app) {
             return $app['phraseanet.h264-factory']->createMode(false);
         });
 
+        $app['phraseanet.static-file'] = $app->share(function ($app) {
+            return $app['phraseanet.static-file-factory']->getMode(false);
+        });
+
         $app['phraseanet.file-serve'] = $app->share(function (Application $app) {
             return ServeFileResponseFactory::create($app);
         });
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Provider/PhraseanetServiceProvider.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Provider/PhraseanetServiceProvider.php
index 1719745b3a..7a4caaa0d6 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Provider/PhraseanetServiceProvider.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Provider/PhraseanetServiceProvider.php
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Provider;
 
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\StaticFile\Symlink\SymLinker;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\StaticFile\Symlink\SymLinkerEncoder;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Metadata\PhraseanetMetadataReader;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Metadata\PhraseanetMetadataSetter;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Security\Firewall;
@@ -41,6 +43,14 @@ class PhraseanetServiceProvider implements ServiceProviderInterface
             return $events;
         });
 
+        $app['phraseanet.thumb-symlinker'] = $app->share(function (SilexApplication $app) {
+            return SymLinker::create($app);
+        });
+
+        $app['phraseanet.thumb-symlinker-encoder'] = $app->share(function (SilexApplication $app) {
+            return SymLinkerEncoder::create($app);
+        });
+
         $app['phraseanet.metadata-reader'] = $app->share(function (SilexApplication $app) {
             $reader = new PhraseanetMetadataReader();
 
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/AbstractStaticMode.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/AbstractStaticMode.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50e87bee7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/AbstractStaticMode.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2014 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\StaticFile;
+
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\AbstractServerMode;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\StaticFile\Symlink\SymLinker;
+
+abstract class AbstractStaticMode extends AbstractServerMode
+{
+    protected $symlinker;
+
+    public function __construct(array $mapping, SymLinker $symlinker)
+    {
+        $this->symlinker = $symlinker;
+
+        parent::__construct($mapping);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Apache.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Apache.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f614c8b0a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Apache.php
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2014 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\StaticFile;
+
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\AbstractServerMode;
+use Guzzle\Http\Url;
+
+class Apache extends AbstractStaticMode implements StaticFileModeInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * @params array $mapping
+     *
+     * @throws InvalidArgumentException if mapping is invalid;
+     */
+    public function setMapping(array $mapping)
+    {
+        if (!isset($mapping['directory'])) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException('Static file mapping entry must contain at least a "directory" key');
+        }
+
+        if (!isset($mapping['mount-point'])) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException('Static file mapping entry must contain at least a "mount-point" key');
+        }
+
+        $this->mapping = $mapping;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function getUrl($pathFile)
+    {
+        return Url::factory(sprintf('%s/%s',  $this->mapping['mount-point'], $this->symlinker->getSymlinkBasePath($pathFile)));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function getVirtualHostConfiguration()
+    {
+        $output = "\n";
+        $output .= "    Alias ".$this->mapping['mount-point']." ".$this->mapping['directory']."\n";
+        $output .= "\n";
+        $output .= "    <Location ".$this->mapping['directory'].">\n";
+        $output .= "        Order allow,deny\n";
+        $output .= "        Allow from all\n";
+        $output .= "    </Location>\n";
+        $output .= "\n";
+
+        return $output;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Nginx.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Nginx.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b23398d6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Nginx.php
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2014 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\StaticFile;
+
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\AbstractServerMode;
+use Guzzle\Http\Url;
+
+class Nginx extends AbstractStaticMode implements StaticFileModeInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * @params array $mapping
+     *
+     * @throws InvalidArgumentException if mapping is invalid;
+     */
+    public function setMapping(array $mapping)
+    {
+        if (!isset($mapping['directory'])) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException('Static file mapping entry must contain at least a "directory" key');
+        }
+
+        if (!isset($mapping['mount-point'])) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException('Static file mapping entry must contain at least a "mount-point" key');
+        }
+
+        $this->mapping = $mapping;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function getUrl($pathFile)
+    {
+        return Url::factory(sprintf('%s/%s',  $this->mapping['mount-point'], $this->symlinker->getSymlinkBasePath($pathFile)));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function getVirtualHostConfiguration()
+    {
+        $output = "\n";
+        $output .= "    location " . $this->mapping['mount-point']. " {\n";
+        $output .= "        alias ".$this->mapping['directory'].";\n";
+        $output .= "    }\n";
+
+        return $output;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/NullMode.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/NullMode.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af0989d954
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/NullMode.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2014 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\StaticFile;
+
+class NullMode extends AbstractServerMode implements StaticFileModeInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function getVirtualHostConfiguration()
+    {
+        return "\n";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function getUrl($pathFile)
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/StaticFileFactory.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/StaticFileFactory.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a11e566165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/StaticFileFactory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2014 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\StaticFile;
+
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Application;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\StaticFile\Symlink\SymLinker;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+
+class StaticFileFactory
+{
+    private $enabled;
+    private $logger;
+    private $type;
+    private $symlinker;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     *
+     * @param LoggerInterface $logger
+     * @param boolean         $enabled
+     * @param string          $type
+     * @param array           $symlinker
+     */
+    public function __construct(LoggerInterface $logger, $enabled, $type, SymLinker $symlinker)
+    {
+        $this->logger = $logger;
+        $this->enabled = (Boolean) $enabled;
+        $this->type = strtolower($type);
+        $this->symlinker = $symlinker;
+
+        $this->mapping = array(
+            'mount-point' => $symlinker->getDefaultAlias(),
+            'directory' => $symlinker->getPublicDir()
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance of XSendFile Factory according to the application
+     * configuration.
+     *
+     * @param  Application $app
+     * @return XSendFileFactory
+     */
+    public static function create(Application $app)
+    {
+        $conf = $app['phraseanet.configuration']['static-file'];
+
+        return new self($app['monolog'], $conf['enabled'], $conf['type'], $app['phraseanet.thumb-symlinker']);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a new instance of ModeInterface.
+     *
+     * @return ModeInterface
+     *
+     * @throws InvalidArgumentException if mode type is unknown
+     */
+    public function getMode($throwException = false, $forceMode = false)
+    {
+        if (false === $this->enabled && true !== $forceMode) {
+            return new NullMode();
+        }
+
+        switch ($this->type) {
+            case 'nginx':
+                return new Nginx($this->mapping, $this->symlinker);
+                break;
+            case 'apache':
+            case 'apache2':
+                return new Apache($this->mapping, $this->symlinker);
+            default:
+                $this->logger->error('Invalid static file configuration.');
+                if ($throwException) {
+                    throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf(
+                        'Invalid static file type value "%s"',
+                        $this->type
+                    ));
+                }
+
+                return new NullMode();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return Boolean
+     */
+    public function isStaticFileModeEnabled()
+    {
+        return $this->enabled;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/StaticFileModeInterface.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/StaticFileModeInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33a9ad31ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/StaticFileModeInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2014 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\StaticFile;
+
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\ServerModeInterface;
+use Guzzle\Http\Url;
+
+interface StaticFileModeInterface extends ServerModeInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * @param $pathFile
+     *
+     * @return Url|null
+     */
+    public function getUrl($pathFile);
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Symlink/SymLinker.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Symlink/SymLinker.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..320e158c59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Symlink/SymLinker.php
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2014 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\StaticFile\Symlink;
+
+use Silex\Application;
+use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem;
+use Guzzle\Http\Url;
+
+/**
+ * Create & retrieve symlinks from public directory
+ */
+class SymLinker
+{
+    const ALIAS = 'thumb';
+
+    protected $encoder;
+    protected $fs;
+    protected $publicDir;
+    protected $registry;
+    protected $rootPath;
+
+    public static function create(Application $app)
+    {
+        return new SymLinker(
+            $app['phraseanet.thumb-symlinker-encoder'],
+            $app['filesystem'],
+            $app['phraseanet.registry'],
+            $app['root.path']
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function __construct(SymLinkerEncoder $encoder, Filesystem $fs, \registryInterface $registry, $rootPath)
+    {
+        $this->encoder = $encoder;
+        $this->fs = $fs;
+        $this->registry = $registry;
+        $this->rootPath = $rootPath;
+        $this->publicDir = sprintf('%s/public/thumbnails', rtrim($this->rootPath, '/'));
+    }
+
+    public function getPublicDir()
+    {
+        return $this->publicDir;
+    }
+
+    public function getDefaultAlias()
+    {
+        return sprintf('/%s', self::ALIAS);
+    }
+
+    public function symlink($pathFile)
+    {
+        $this->fs->symlink($pathFile, $this->getSymlinkPath($pathFile)) ;
+    }
+
+    public function getSymlink($pathFile)
+    {
+        return $this->encoder->encode($pathFile);
+    }
+
+    public function getSymlinkBasePath($pathFile)
+    {
+        $symlinkName = $this->getSymlink($pathFile);
+
+        return sprintf('%s/%s/%s',
+            substr($symlinkName, 0, 2),
+            substr($symlinkName, 2, 2),
+            substr($symlinkName, 4)
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function getSymlinkPath($pathFile)
+    {
+        return sprintf(
+            '%s/%s',
+            $this->publicDir,
+            $this->getSymlinkBasePath($pathFile)
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Symlink/SymLinkerEncoder.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Symlink/SymLinkerEncoder.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b659d4e912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Http/StaticFile/Symlink/SymLinkerEncoder.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2014 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Http\StaticFile\Symlink;
+
+use Silex\Application;
+use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem;
+use Guzzle\Http\Url;
+
+class SymLinkerEncoder
+{
+    protected $key;
+
+    public static function create(Application $app)
+    {
+        return new self(
+            $app['phraseanet.configuration']['main']['key']
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function __construct($key)
+    {
+        $this->key = $key;
+    }
+
+    public function encode($pathFile)
+    {
+        return hash_hmac('sha512', $pathFile , $this->key);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/classes/media/subdef.php b/lib/classes/media/subdef.php
index 08e264ab71..563880e7dc 100644
--- a/lib/classes/media/subdef.php
+++ b/lib/classes/media/subdef.php
@@ -730,6 +730,10 @@ class media_subdef extends media_abstract implements cache_cacheableInterface
             $subdef->get_permalink()->delete_data_from_cache();
         }
 
+        if ($name === 'thumbnail' && $app['phraseanet.static-file-factory']->isStaticFileModeEnabled()) {
+            $app['phraseanet.thumb-symlinker']->symlink($subdef->get_pathfile());
+        }
+
         unset($media);
 
         return $subdef;
@@ -742,10 +746,18 @@ class media_subdef extends media_abstract implements cache_cacheableInterface
      */
     protected function generate_url()
     {
-        if ( ! $this->is_physically_present()) {
+        if (!$this->is_physically_present()) {
             return;
         }
 
+        if ($this->get_name() === 'thumbnail') {
+            if ($this->app['phraseanet.static-file-factory']->isStaticFileModeEnabled() && null !== $url = $this->app['phraseanet.static-file']->getUrl($this->get_pathfile())) {
+                $this->url = $url;
+
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
         if ($this->app['phraseanet.h264-factory']->isH264Enabled() && in_array($this->mime, array('video/mp4'))) {
             if (null !== $url = $this->app['phraseanet.h264']->getUrl($this->get_pathfile())) {
                 $this->url = $url;
@@ -758,6 +770,7 @@ class media_subdef extends media_abstract implements cache_cacheableInterface
             . "/" . $this->record->get_record_id() . "/"
             . $this->get_name() . "/");
 
+
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/classes/record/adapter.php b/lib/classes/record/adapter.php
index 54ed198901..c6375bca7e 100644
--- a/lib/classes/record/adapter.php
+++ b/lib/classes/record/adapter.php
@@ -1514,6 +1514,10 @@ class record_adapter implements record_Interface, cache_cacheableInterface
             if (!$subdef->is_physically_present())
                 continue;
 
+            if ($subdef->get_name() === 'thumbnail' && $this->app['phraseanet.static-file-factory']->isStaticFileModeEnabled()) {
+                $this->app['filesystem']->remove($this->app['phraseanet.thumb-symlinker']->getSymlinkPath($subdef->get_pathfile()));
+            }
+
             $ftodel[] = $subdef->get_pathfile();
             $watermark = $subdef->get_path() . 'watermark_' . $subdef->get_file();
             if (file_exists($watermark))