Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2277663304C for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:23:15 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 97367-03 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:23:11 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.183]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9541E6326D3 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:23:11 -0400 (AST) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id n4so381832wag.19 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:23:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:references:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer :mime-version:subject:date:cc; bh=N6Ji1nQmhDerwrUuP4Qp8JXvOAno7wXUbhPhuGHkdYo=; b=cSaMZB34qSPtDLOism5zPYFjhoJj4o6HKzYgstGavlOmKbNK23ddM491Y0w/mT34nr B8RTjia7j/Uswqs3O6mQg/0fns9dMhpL4jS+p//duJDOUtG5lZPvqVf0LNYKeGBGcifp IxuYtK4RqUBvmFK6QXZ5qRleKnSWcMbBptny4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=references:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:mime-version:subject:date:cc; b=J9rtnG7EDlwI/LjcKOwVHEuPq3I0yj6iA+e+blhboiIliEkFY5dtbiDJkFelL9t10r yS/dkW8H9wqlRo1j1NXQUMeWzSSFqg8cOBz/dPLbe7Pa68VMErkaWMKakpuwJ+Zj560x K8RELHWR8tBf3zCbB48B/c6NNooYdgdPkI150= Received: by 10.115.60.1 with SMTP id n1mr410769wak.113.1234448589445; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:23:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.94.192.45? ([32.159.170.56]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y25sm96457pod.10.2009.02.12.06.23.05 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:23:08 -0800 (PST) References: <499336C3.4040507@agliodbs.com> <937d27e10902111240hd7e7cc0p8f20fd3b03d989e9@mail.gmail.com> <14215.1234385050@sss.pgh.pa.us> <49933B2C.2030609@agliodbs.com> <49933BC1.30905@kaltenbrunner.cc> <49933E6B.5030401@agliodbs.com> <14942.1234387956@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20090211214320.W14664@hub.org> <937d27e10902120124p4e4cad08s6fb770ed8bb6a37@mail.gmail.com> Message-Id: <49E3EA97-A1EF-41E7-A09D-5CD6E35F8852@gmail.com> From: Selena Deckelmann To: Dave Page In-Reply-To: <937d27e10902120124p4e4cad08s6fb770ed8bb6a37@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (5G77) Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 5G77) Subject: Re: Audio & Video? Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:23:01 -0800 Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" , Tom Lane , Josh Berkus , Stefan Kaltenbrunner , "pgsql-www@postgresql.org" X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200902/67 X-Sequence-Number: 16618 On Feb 12, 2009, at 1:24 AM, Dave Page wrote: > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 1:44 AM, Marc G. Fournier > wrote: > >> could do pub/av section on the ftp server easily enough ... then no >> one site >> would be "hit" for the bandwidth ... > > What worries me about that is when files start to get much bigger than > 100MB, or a bunch are added at once (think 2 day conference with a > dozen or more hour long talks), when they get uploaded to the ftp > site, within a 24 hour window we'll get around 100 mirrors all trying > to rsync them at once - probably far more bandwidth than people > actually viewing the stuff! > > We have plenty of spare hardware atm (we have 4 new boxes coming > online at the moment with very good connectivity) - we can easily > setup a dedicated server for this, or I kinda like Marc's YouTube > idea. +1 for YouTube and other social networking services. There is also a postgres-backed company that has hosted high quality video for us in the past. I'll dig up that contact if what you want is long term storage only. But if the point is marketing and reaching out beyond out normal borders, YouTube, flickr, and other socially-oriented services are going to be the most effective. -Selena