Re: Need Your Help :) I'm Just About Creating File Uploading Service

http://aws.amazon.com/s3/ On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Nitsan Bin-Nun <nitsan@binnun.co.il> wrote: > What is Amazon SSS?? > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Leonard Burton <leonardburton@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Why not use something like Amazon SSS and not worry about a lot of the >> details? >> >> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Nitsan Bin-Nun <nitsan@binnun.co.il> >> wrote: >> > Hi List, >> > >> > I have been thinking for a while about setting up my own >> > rapidshare.comclone, >> > Few days back I went really serious with this and came up with some >> > ideas. >> > >> > This is where I need your help, my partner and I have been thinking >> > about >> > the >> > system that the website should run on. >> > We came to conclusion that we are going to write it in PHP. >> > >> > There are several issues that came up during the mind-storm: >> > First, how we can keep the files out of being published as direct links? >> > >> > My first idea was to host them one directory up from the http directory. >> > It seems good but how I would deliver the files to the users? >> > We are talking about unlimited file-size hosting so that means that we >> > will have to stream the files somehow... and they will be BIG (it's >> > defendant, >> > about 700MB~ each) >> > >> > We thought of letting users pay by SMS'es, whats your ideas about it? >> > >> > I'm generally looking after a "do" and "NOT do" list of >> > creating a file >> > hoster ;) >> > If you have any general ideas / precautions that would definitely make >> > my >> > partner and I happy :) >> > >> > Thanks in Advance, >> > Nitsan >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Leonard Burton, N9URK >> http://www.jiffyslides.com >> service@jiffyslides.com >> leonardburton@gmail.com >> >> "The prolonged evacuation would have dramatically affected the >> survivability of the occupants." > > -- Leonard Burton, N9URK http://www.jiffyslides.com service@jiffyslides.com leonardburton@gmail.com "The prolonged evacuation would have dramatically affected the survivability of the occupants."