>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> writes:
Keith> Alternately, is there someplace out on the web where I can Keith> store 20GB or so of stuff Real Cheap, and redirect some Keith> URLs to that? The main content I'm concerned with for now Keith> is some GB+ videos and presentations. One hop and storage Keith> might be cheaper than two hops. Wuala.com is an interesting new startup. Think of it as dropbox but with these important differences: (a) data is encrypted locally... wuala people can't see it unless you give them your local password (b) you get 1G or 2G for free (like dropbox), but if you have a server that has relatively constant net connectivity and some spare disk, you can trade them up to 1-1 for cloud storage. As in, you give them 50GB of space on your box, and you get 50GB of cloud space *for free*. (c) you can select that a folder is mapped to a local folder in either sync or backup mode. If sync mode, every change is reflected as quickly as possible, even to people sharing the folder. So, you'd get a wuala.com account, donate 20GB to the cause, and then store your 20GB of stuff in either a cloud-based password-protected directory (need URL to access) or a public directory (anyone can access). It'd be in the cloud, so it won't use your bandwidth no matter how many downloads people make once you upload. If you need an invite, let me know... you'll get 2GB initial instead of 1GB. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[email protected]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
