[kj] Private server

[Brendan Quinn]

Seems like lots of us are pretty keen on the idea of a private server, I
think it's a great idea. The main cost of this type of thing is the
bandwidth. The server could be uploading quite a lot of data. For example, a
high quality mp3 recording of an album (bootleg or whatever) can easily be
100-200 MB. 50-100 people downloading that is 5-20 GB...and someone
mentioned up to 30 bootlegs...that's a pretty large amount of data and
bandwidth, and there's more than just bootlegs to go up.  I'm sure there
will be some special tracks that ppl would want in original uncompressed
format (like .wav), which are much bigger than mp3 size.

I have a friend who created his own version of Linux (Yoper) and distributed
it via a server he rented in the US, it turned into the most downloaded
version of Linux worldwide at one point and ended up costing him tens of
thousands of dollars (US) because thousands of people were downloading a
whole CD image.

So logins would need to be kept to a minimum really...people telling people
telling people soon ends up with an original 50 people turning into 500. If
you wanted to get the material to a local mate, could probably be cheaper
and quicker to burn it to CD / DVD and send via the mail.
 
I'm happy to contribute towards the cost of a private server, I think if
everyone chipped in a bit it would be quite plausible. 

If anyone is interested I can investigate pricing, probably hosted out of
the States as it's cheaper than NZ. Anyone with any info on cheap reliable
hosting please pipe up, so to speak... 

BQ

-----Original Message-----
From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of frenchyfrenzy at free.fr
Sent: Monday, 28 January 2008 3:37 a.m.
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] Private server

Hi all,

I know a place somewhere in one office of France where all the servers are
named
with Killing Joke's tunes...
That might be a solution but first we will have to convince the
administrator.
I know that some of you know him....

Stephane " FrenchyFrenzy"



Selon PRAEst76 <praest76 at gmail.com>:


> Brian Whitehead wrote:

> > For those who asked for the Manchester Pistols gig...

> >

> > http://download.yousendit.com/98F284D303CBEB66

> >

> > Hope I've done it right???

>

> Bah, "download limit exceeded".

>

>

> What we need on this group is a private server we can upload boots and

> stuff to.

>

> Anyone got server access in a dodgy corner of europe where people don't

> care what you host? Not that I'm advocating out and out piracy, just a

> place for folks to host stuff like this without it being pulled because

> ignorant providers got paranoid.

>

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