Kris,

Let me give some more information:

 - I'm talking about recordings between 10 - 40 minutes in length. I'm no
expert, but that's probably a minimum of 150MB and a max of around 500 or
so.

 - I'm talking about potentially hundreds of recordings; certainly dozens to
begin with.

 - If we say that we're talking about 25 recordings, each 200MB... that's
5GB of data... but, with time, the project will certainly grow to hundreds
and hundreds of gigabytes of data.

The issues is not the scripts or the database; I know someone could easily
write those... the problem is the server space. I need LOTS of it for an
open-source project which, at best, might produce a little cash from
donations and advertisements.

-SD

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net
[mailto:owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of numa@thenuma.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 9:40 AM
To: phoenician@phoenixcolony.com
Cc: kclug@kclug.org
Subject: RE: I need some advice about Open-Source

Just co-locate a server somewhere.  They should give you about 20GB of
transfer (not actual space) for less than $100.  You would get to run the
server yourself, so you could then just build a slick little PHP app, with
a MYSQL backend to point to sound files.  Simple.  Kris

> Well, how much bandwidth do you need?
>
> What about setting up your own little cluster and using
> some sort of dynamic disk array to give you the space you need?
>
> - Michienne
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net
> [mailto:owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of Seth Dimbert Sent:
> Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:06 AM
> To: KcLUG
> Subject: I need some advice about Open-Source
>
>
> I have an idea. I want to create an online repository of open-source
> audio recordings. Now that CD-burners have become so ubiquitous and
> everyone's mother-in-law uses a computer with a built-in microphone, it
> seems like it would be easy to create an online collection of people
> talking or singing into their computer.
>
> Never mind what I want it for - that's too complicated to explain. In
> essence, I want a web front-end for a site that people use to upload,
> download, rate and discuss open-source audio recordings that other
> people made and uploaded.
>
> We're talking about gigabytes of data here... Thousands of them.
>
> Who has that sort of space? Universities?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> -SD
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