<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 13, 2011 8:32 PM, "Graham Jones" <<a href="mailto:grahamjones139@gmail.com" target="_blank">grahamjones139@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> I may be showing my ignorance, but isn't S3 a virtual server that you can<br>
> run code on etc?<br>> <br>> I thought that all this needs is a web (or does it have to be ftp) server?<br><br>Not quite. S3 is a web storage 'solution'. It can't run code, it is basically just a place to stick data, typically media, which is then available via Amazon's CDN. The most you can do with it is run simple static websites, or host mirrors :).<br>
<br>The reason I suggested that approach is that it is charged on a pay as you go basis, meaning we can use it for a month or 2 and it will allow us a view of how much storage and bandwidth we need when shopping for something more permanent.<br>
<br>> The biggest issue I see is getting the data onto the server. The nice<br>> people at OS sent me all of VMD on DVDs, so I have them on my home server,<br>> but ftp'ing them up to another server using my domestic broadband would take<br>
> forever......would need someone with a nice fast upload connection.<br><br>Yes, I was wondering about that. I work for the University of Bath so I can access a relatively fast upload connection.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Craig<br>
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