Re: [us-marketing] Re: NA DVD - Americas DVD proposal

On 02/24/2011 09:20 PM, Jeff Chimene wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Marc Paré<marc@marcpare.com>  wrote:
>
> > Le 2011-02-24 16:26, Jeff Chimene a écrit :
> >
> >
> > > Hi Marc:
> > >
> > > As I mentioned with Tim: Rackspace will be at SCALE. I can approach them
> > > about donating making a CloudFiles  donation. I'm sure there will be other
> > > hosting services.
> > >
> > > SCALE runs Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Friday is a setup day for exhibitors.
> > > So, if you can get an answer from TDF re: hosting, I won't pursue this
> > > option during the expo.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > jec
> > Hi Jeff:
> >
> > Thanks for the help. Unless we hear otherwise, I would imagine that the SC
> > would have to discuss this at a meeting to approve it. There would obviously
> > be a delay of time.
> >
> > The ideal would be for the TDF to recognize officially the DVD project and
> > then find space for the project on the TDF server(s) for the ISO.
> >
> > Maybe you could still speak to Rackspace about this just in case there is a
> > problem with the space on the server, although, I imagine, that there would
> > be sufficient funds to purchase an additional server on the TDF side if
> > there was not enough space.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Marc
>
> Hi Marc:
>
> Based on your response, let's try this: how about a six month commitment
> from a hosting organization? I'm guessing it will be at least that long
> before we get a go/no-go from TDF. If the goal is to get these images hosted
> on a TDF server, I want to be as up-front about that as possible.
>
> I'm trying to avoid implementing a distribution system in which these images
> wander about the net like hobos, forced to strike camp after exceeding some
> hosting quota. I realize it's simply a matter of updating a link on a
> central web page, but allowing such links to grow stale is something to be
> avoided, yes? The current situation (from Tim) is that his hosting service
> is targeted towards non-commercial usage, and Daniel is concerned about
> bandwidth.
>
> I think Drew is traveling today. I haven't heard from him in this
> discussion. I expect that tomorrow we'll want to setup the SCALE booth and
> he'll have some ideas on this too.
>
> Cheers,
> jec
Please make sure you ask if you can host a 3.6 - 4.5 GB ISO file.  
GoDaddy.com will not since they call that hosting a repository and it is 
not in their rules.  I found that from their help service when I tried 
to upload the 3.6 GB ISO file and it failed every way, every time.


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