We use Azure for one project with a few thousand images. We took a close look at the charges for additions to the store as well as traffic charges - hosting the data is just one part of the cost. It worked for us, and has been reliable, but you need to do your sums.
Michael ========================= Michael Stocking Managing Director Armadillo Systems 106 Cleveland Street London W1T 6NX +44 (0)20 7388 8757 michael at armadillosystems.com www.armadillosystems.com www.inquireresearch.co.uk www.ebooktreasures.org www.turningthepages.com http://digitalcultureonline.blogspot.com/ On 17 Apr 2013, at 16:27, Jeremy Ottevanger <JOttevanger at iwm.org.uk> wrote: > We use Rackspace. They have a new part to their cloud offer, which I've not > yet tried but which sounds helpful if you have large storage needs because it > lets you buy what you need without scaling up the server as a whole. Cloud > Blocks, I think it's called. Ah yes, here it is: > > http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/cloud-block-storage-overview > > All the best, Jeremy > > Jeremy Ottevanger > Technical Web Manager > Imperial War Museum > Lambeth Road > London SE1 6HZ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Robin White Owen > Sent: 17 April 2013 16:23 > To: mcn-l at mcn.edu > Subject: [MCN-L] Advice About Cloud Storage > > Hello List, > > We are planning to use a cloud service to store large numbers of hi-res > digital images for an online education platform. If any of you already use > cloud services I'd be very grateful for recommendations or advice about what > to look out for. > > Thank you, as always. > > Robin > > Robin White Owen > M: 917/407-7641 > T: 646/472-5145 > robin at mediacombo.net > www.mediacombo.net > http://mediacombo.net/blog > twitter.com/rocombo > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This email message has been delivered safely and archived online by Mimecast. > For more information please visit http://www.mimecast.com > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
