Re: [backstage] Hosting (Slightly OT)
At 12:52 + 31/1/07, Tom Loosemore wrote: On 31/01/07, James Cridland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/30/07, Davy Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, Thought this might be the ideal crowd... I am looking for a free (or cheap) hosting for MP3 files for my various auto-generated podcasts such as Mood News and comp.lang.python. Not free, but certainly very, very cheap and hellishly reliable: Amazon S3. www.amazon.com/s3 For you it's especially useful, since it comes BitTorrent enabled automatically: perfect for BitTorrent-enabled clients. S3 all the way... I also played with Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2) which is in beta (so they say - I think they just want to make it sound cool:-) http://aws.amazon.com/ You can get a server instance up in minutes, install whatever (I chose a standard LAMP server instance), play, and then go away. You are charged by the hour (1/10 of a US dollar per hour). The Java configuration tools work fine, and once you have set up the keys you have root access to a Fedora image under Xen. I was able to add a domain name and have a domain shifted to AWS / EC2 in the time it takes DNS to refresh (YMMV). To use Amazon EC2, you simply: * Create an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) containing your applications, libraries, data and associated configuration settings. Or use our pre-configured, templated images to get up and running immediately. * Upload the AMI into Amazon S3. Amazon EC2 provides tools that make storing the AMI simple. Amazon S3 provides a safe, reliable and fast repository to store your images. * Use Amazon EC2 web service to configure security and network access. * Use Amazon EC2 web service to start, terminate, and monitor as many instances of your AMI as needed. * Pay for the instance hours and bandwidth that you actually consume. Very nice. Gordo -- Think Feynman/ http://pobox.com/~gordo/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]/// - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Hosting (Slightly OT)
James Cridland wrote: On 1/30/07, *Davy Mitchell* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, Thought this might be the ideal crowd... I am looking for a free (or cheap) hosting for MP3 files for my various auto-generated podcasts such as Mood News and comp.lang.python. Not free, but certainly very, very cheap and hellishly reliable: Amazon S3. www.amazon.com/s3 http://www.amazon.com/s3 For you it's especially useful, since it comes BitTorrent enabled automatically: perfect for BitTorrent-enabled clients. I'd agree with James here, the S3 network is very interesting, very cheap $0.20 per GB bandwidth and $0.15 per GB of storage per month. It's massively scalable, extremely resilient and the built in BitTorrent seeding functionality is very good. I've been experimenting with this and frankly it puts other CDNs into the shade on both cost and ease of access. Seán - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
RE: [backstage] Hosting (Slightly OT)
I did some sums on this, with a view to using S3 to deliver some images and video. I pay around £15/mbps for my bandwidth (in the UK, its less elsewhere). 1mbps = ~320Gb/month transfer 320Gb transfer with S3 = $64 = £32. About twice the price. Of course I'm not factoring in storage costs - and its not to say S3 isn't very interesting. Is it right to call it a CDN? CDNs traditionally have multiple nodes right? Is it more likely that people are 'closer' to S3 than another other network? J -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Dillon Sent: 01 February 2007 17:39 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Hosting (Slightly OT) James Cridland wrote: On 1/30/07, *Davy Mitchell* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, Thought this might be the ideal crowd... I am looking for a free (or cheap) hosting for MP3 files for my various auto-generated podcasts such as Mood News and comp.lang.python. Not free, but certainly very, very cheap and hellishly reliable: Amazon S3. www.amazon.com/s3 http://www.amazon.com/s3 For you it's especially useful, since it comes BitTorrent enabled automatically: perfect for BitTorrent-enabled clients. I'd agree with James here, the S3 network is very interesting, very cheap $0.20 per GB bandwidth and $0.15 per GB of storage per month. It's massively scalable, extremely resilient and the built in BitTorrent seeding functionality is very good. I've been experimenting with this and frankly it puts other CDNs into the shade on both cost and ease of access. Seán - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Hosting (Slightly OT)
Thanks everyone for all the suggestions on and off list. Cheers, Davy -- Davy Mitchell Blog Will Be Reborn At - http://www.latedecember.co.uk - soon - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Hosting (Slightly OT)
On 1/30/07, Davy Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, Thought this might be the ideal crowd... I am looking for a free (or cheap) hosting for MP3 files for my various auto-generated podcasts such as Mood News and comp.lang.python. Not free, but certainly very, very cheap and hellishly reliable: Amazon S3. www.amazon.com/s3 For you it's especially useful, since it comes BitTorrent enabled automatically: perfect for BitTorrent-enabled clients. I use it at www.mediauk.com to serve large static files like logos, JavaScript libraries and CSS files. I also use it to back up my own music collection at home! Highly recommended; but steep learning curve to get going. -- http://james.cridland.net/
[backstage] Hosting (Slightly OT)
Hi All, Thought this might be the ideal crowd... I am looking for a free (or cheap) hosting for MP3 files for my various auto-generated podcasts such as Mood News and comp.lang.python. Any suggestions? Cheers, Davy Mitchell - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
