We use S3. It works great! It's easy to use and you only pay for what gets downloaded.
It's been a lifesaver for us. On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Kimball Larsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 24, 2011, at 11:58 AM, Matthew Walker wrote: > >> On Mon, January 24, 2011 11:43 am, Kimball Larsen wrote: >>> We have been hosting with BlueHost for years, but have run into problems >>> with their >>> plans: They apparently cap the upload bandwidth at only 8Mb/sec. We have >>> many european >>> customers with 20+Mb/sec internet connections, so a single customer >>> attempting to >>> download an installer from the BlueHost servers gets a dropped connection >>> as they >>> throttle the speed down to next to nothing for our account. >>> >>> Can anyone make a recommendation for a different host that provides better >>> throughput >>> plans? We are perfectly willing to pay for it - but BlueHost apparently >>> does not offer >>> anything faster at any price. >>> >>> I've seen folks hollering about Linode, but I can't find anything about >>> speed caps and >>> throttling on their site. >> >> Email their support and ask. They're extremely responsive, and would >> probably have an >> answer for you in minutes. >> >> -- > > Looks like we'll be trying out Amazon's S3. We only really need to warehouse > and deliver data (training video files), so a full blown server is overkill. > For our purposes, S3 looks to be VERY inexpensive and will handle exactly > what we need. > > Anyone have experience integrating S3 data with an existing website? Care to > share success/horror stories? > > - Kimball > http://www.kimballlarsen.com > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
