What is Amazon SSS?? On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Leonard Burton <leonardburton@xxxxxxxxx>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@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > leonardburton@xxxxxxxxx > > "The prolonged evacuation would have dramatically affected the > survivability of the occupants." >
