Online storage of files, hosted by third party providers.
Questions tagged [cloud-storage]
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Is using cloud files worth it? (Or any cdn?)
A little about my website:
The front page needs to load fast, and it has a background image
The website is an online store with lots of product images
How much would it help alleviate the server of traffic? Also, AFAIK, cloud files does not offer…
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Rackspace CloudFiles and JungleDisk performance vs The Planet CloudStorage
I am considering using either Rackspace CloudFiles with JungleDisk or The Planet's CloudStorage for a webapp that needs fast read performance to serve very large video files.
The application uses some authentication backends that x-forward the…
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Confused about cloud hosting? Cloud server... 3 Dedicated or 1 Cloud? Which is the way to go?
I've finished programming an entire social network to replace an old one with already 60,000 users, (well after 6 years),but it has 100-300 users on-line at some times. I was going to start putting different concerns on different dedicated servers.…
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Any cloud storage service that lets us to authenticate the file when we serve the file to our visitors
Lets say, i want to restrict a file to my visitors. I mean , i have an xx.avi file to be streamed/downloaded, and the visitor paid me for the bandwidth and the size of the file.
In amazon s3, i cant control the file at all .(there is a very basic…
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GlusterFS - Define Failover Cluster
I am currently planning the storage infrastructure for our new application. Since performance is a big and important item on our list, I want to use SSDs for the production environment. We sell a product that generates a lot of data (image/video…
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Difference between image and snaphot?
Can any one explain what are the differences between image and snapshot in terms of storage.
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Storing mail server data on multiple storage servers
I'm trying to provide an email service for my clients
And i like to know is it possible to store mail-server data on different servers
Something like cloud services
I'm a beginner , And i have installed CPanel on my CentOS server
Let's call it…
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Unexpectedly able to delete storage container having running VHDs
Today I deleted an Azure storage container that contained some .vhds page blobs.
Some of the blobs were the source for some VM disks that were attached to running VM's.
I was surprised that the delete operation worked and even more surprised that…
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cloud file storage (SSHFS usable?)
I am using Linode and plan on having multiple VPS behind a Load Balancer to run my application.
The problem i have is with storage, in the next year i see at least 2TB of storage required.
I have been researching and found that i need Network File…
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How to automate database backup of windows machines
I have a network containing 10 Windows workstations and 1 Windows 7 machine which acts as a server. I am planning to take a monthly backup of a folder called "MYFILES" which will be on all of the machines. Each folder size will not be greater than…
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Where to store social network photos and videos?
I have a social network with 100,000 users. I allow users to upload photos and videos now I feel like it is becoming too much for my dedicated server. Should I get another dedicated server? A content delivery network? A cloud storage like amazon…
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Minimum requirement for making single node cloud architecture
Hiee..
I do have only 2GB RAM 32 bit core2 duo intel processor @2.20 GHZ
is it possible for me to make (single node)cloud infrastructure using this configuration?
I need to make cloud infrastructure for my college research work..if i were have to…
