Hi All,
There has been some discussion regarding hosting of Dutty's ROM's since bandwidth usage has become an issue. Lots have people have jumped in offering to host files, which is great!
Between all of us who benefit from this site, and the hard work of all the chefs, we should set up a file mirroring service?
I'm actually in the hosting industry, and can contribute quite a bit to this, however it's would certainly be better to have as many servers sharing the load as possible.
Just Kaiser CAB's and ROM's to begin with, until we get an ideal of bandwidth usage.
I'm happy to set it all up, and work with others who are willing to help.
I'd suggest we have one master server where chefs can upload their files. Each night at 1am we can rsync files out to all the other servers.
I have a nice script that will dish out encoded download URL's evenly so load gets shared out across all servers.
What do you think?
Potential Mirrors:
mattpark- Most London DC's, Databanx Newcastle, plenty of bandwidth
jagofulford - Uk based (docklands), 100Mb/s Connection, 10Tb Bandwidth per month
Once I have worthy list, I'll get about setting all this up, and will PM those who have expressed an interest.
Any chef's out there who would like to register their interest in uploading their files to a mirror PM me.
Cheers,
Matt
This sounds like a fantastic idea to host all the ROMs in one location, and hopefully ease any burden on cooks distributing their good work. While I can't cook a ROM, I can offer hosting:
Uk based (docklands), 100Mb/s Connection, 10Tb Bandwidth per month
I hope this is of some use, PM me if it's required.
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Uk based (docklands), 100Mb/s Connection, 10Tb Bandwidth per month
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Awesome.
I'm in multiple DC's with a wide range of kit and connectivity.
I'll start a list for easy reference.
Moved it up to post number 2-------^
Few more mirrors needed before this takes off...?
First off let me say you guys rock!!!!
Ok now on to the topic.
DROP.IO
File service free 100mb uplad can be acessed by anyone or passworded no identification of yourself or anyone other than ip collection (they do this for the purpose of peventing people who distribute warez ect...ect...) No i dont work for them i just think its great and a great way to get the roms out without rapidshare ect...
So a great distrobution possibility just know that if the feds come knocking on their door they will give out your ip. It also is not searchable via crawlers so no unknowing visitors will enter your drop.
For more info listen to leo laporte's net at night here:
http://twit.tv/natn46
Keep up the good work and thanks for cooking.
i think 4shared.com is better!
I just want to find a good site that hosts stuff that my work doesn't block
4Shared for the win.
have the 4shared crowd checked out drop.io before the cast their verdict??
can you email files to 4shared if needed ?
can you fax to 4 shared?
can you get to it from a corporate site?? (NO) for 4 shared it's blocked by my work but i can allways email anything to anywhere.
can you get rss updates of 4shared files???
1+ hour to upload a rom? drop.io is to slow.
Rapidshare and 4Shared are a beter solution, it takes me only 12 min. to upload the same rom.
wait for it thats what it says but it only took me about 10-12 min to upload a rom to it!
So it would seem to be the same as 4 shared
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wait for it thats what it says but it only took me about 10-12 min to upload a rom to it!
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Englewood NJ (drop.io) is a long way from Breda NL, maybe there are some bad routes between them.
I thought the whole point of using Rapidshare, MegaUpload, and 4shared was to keep our IP addresses as masked as possible. Since M$ and a few other have ravager-sized bugs (WoW joke) up their patooties about rom sharing.
mine said 1 hour and 10min originally but then completed in the 10 min a second test upload of dutty's latest version zipped completed in the same 10 ish min.
If anyone wants to download this file and tell me how long it takes id appriciate the feedback
http://drop.io/jiggaman
heck they even let you have voice mail.
hope i dont offend you buy posting your rom dutty i'll take it down tomight if you like.
why is it that you are pushing for ppl to use drop.io so much??
Don't know why you are pushing this site so much! But it does seem to have fast download servers
Downloads to Cleveland, ohio
The op 's site download of dutty's rom - 1.56 MB/Sec
Rapid Share download of same 1.02 MB/Sec
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why is it that you are pushing for ppl to use drop.io so much??
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Because
I just want to find a good site that hosts stuff that my work doesn't block
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Shouldn't he be working instead of flashing?
rofl.....that's right jefem24, get back to work
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If anyone wants to download this file and tell me how long it takes id appriciate the feedback
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Download under the 2 min. and thats ok for me.
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I thought the whole point of using Rapidshare, MegaUpload, and 4shared was to keep our IP addresses as masked as possible. Since M$ and a few other have ravager-sized bugs (WoW joke) up their patooties about rom sharing.
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Well you ip will not show up anywhere excep in the drop.io logs microsoft cant get them unless they get the feds to get them they wont release them unless there isa court order.
Quote from their site. Seems reasonable to me.
Since we do not have any personally identifiable information about Users, we do not have any such information to use, share, sell or rent to third parties. We may have aggregated information obtained from cookies, but that does not include any personally identifiable information.
We do not monitor Content or Drops, however we reserve the right to do so under certain circumstances. We may disclose whatever information we do have (including Content), or delete Content in its entirety, when we believe it is appropriate to comply with the law (e.g., a lawful subpoena, warrant, or court order) or with requests of law enforcement authorities; to enforce or apply this Privacy Policy or other policies or agreements; to protect other Users’ rights, property or safety; to protect our Users from fraudulent, abusive or unlawful use of, or if we reasonably believe that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to a person requires disclosure of communications or Content or justifies disclosure without delay. In addition, any Content may be disclosed as part of any merger, financing or sale of company assets. We may also use automated processes to scan Content to enable us to serve advertising based on the appearance of certain words or phrases in your Content. We will not provide advertisers with any specific information regarding individual Drops.
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Drop.IO is blocked by Websense, much like every other file-sharing site.
files.ww.com is about the only one I've found that isn't (yet).
What are the legal implications for hosting ROMs as I've seen m$oft hot on the heals of xda-developers in the past.
I wouldn't mind hosting them as a free contribution to xda-developers.
I think I could set up the following.
- Each developer has his own area to upload files via SSL web interface or SFTP.
- All files get virus checked and checksumed/signed.
- Host carrier will be 100mbps tier 2. Depending on how successful it is I can cluster the setup to several tier 1 carriers each @ 1gbps.
- Hosts will be on my Class C which are guaranteed clean IP addresses.
- Downside my tier 1 and tier 2 carriers are based at a London POP if anyone wants to team up with a cluster between London, New York that would really rock.
Drop IO Sucks! You tell anything about your Work doesnt block this side???
The URL is:http://drop.io/jiggaman
The category of this URL isersonal Network Storage and Backup
Either 'force_deny' or 'force_exception' was matched in policy
blocking.exception
This is the message from a Bluecode Proxy and Websense match this side too :->
well the place i work dosent block it and no i dont work for them just heard about it and thought it was cool im gonna use it maybe to upload podcasts i may be doing to since it's free and i can send them from every where. and listeners would be able to leave voice mail feedback.
I guess the it departments listen to the same podcasts since they bloacked it for some people allready. mine still allows it for now.
well use it or not just thought id put another option out there for people who dont like rapid share and the likes of it.
any how im off to my real job i'lll step off the soap box.
I have some issues with thease download pages that eather cap the bandwith or require "premium" pay accounts, and almost all of thease download sites requires the user to wait for 30-70 seconds before proceding..
so i wonder, why arent we using bittorrent as medium??
i suggest that we change this, add a download section here on xda to host a bittorrent browser/search that links with the release thread corresponding with the individual distro´s.
The management part could be configured to work similarely as image upload/link thats regularely used on the forums.
As i understood the bittorrent technology, we wont even need a tracker, just a storage space for the torrent files.
I currently have a server I have been paying for as well as a domain. Honestly I use about 5% of the monthly bandwidth limit and 1% or less of storage. If you guys want to upload to it I can make a generic FTP section for you and we can have alot faster downloads for these roms and excellent upload speeds to the server. Msg me or email me @ jeremy.marrel93 @gmail.com
Hey guys,
I'm currently working on a website for open source content sharing, no copyrighted content will be allowed in any way.
The website will have the option to upload to US or EU servers, no speed limits or reasonable ones (10Mbps+).
Large files (1-2 Gb) uploads will be allowed.
No, or low (10 sec) waiting times and readable captcha's.
These are the values I was thinking of, but I'm open to suggestions, I need some limits especially for guests to prevent abuse: http://screencast.com/t/1Z17ekSNI4z
I have plenty of servers available within 10-20 minutes of my request so I will be able to handle almost any quantity of traffic.
What do you think of this, will it help the open source community ? Personally I hate the current sharing sites used with low speeds, unreadable captcha's or huge waiting times.
Thanks for taking the time of reading and replying to my topic.