EC2 Micro Instance as a Remote Bittorrent Client(mwmanning.com) |
EC2 Micro Instance as a Remote Bittorrent Client(mwmanning.com) |
I looked into using cloud instances for file sharing (legal files, of course) and decided it would cost too much for what it was worth to me.
Assume you seed 50% more than you use 1GB (10c in) + (15c * 1.5 seeding) + (15c download) = ~47.5 cents per GB ouch.
However, a blue ray rip is something like 8.5GB * 47.5 cents = 4.04$ which is not that bad. Assuming you get the actual content that you want, don't end up in jail etc, it’s still cheaper than HD PPV let alone buying the Disk.
Edit: I chose a BR rip as the lowest value content per GB, for most other uses it seems fairly reasonable.
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Optware#Installing_torr...
# opkg list | grep -i torrent
btpd - 0.15-1 - BTPD is a bittorrent client consisting of a daemon and client commands,
The daemon is capable of running several torrents simultaneously and only uses one tcp port.
cbtt - 20060727-1 - Bittorrent tracker
cbtt-mysql - 20060727-1 - Bittorrent tracker (with mysql support)
ctorrent - dnh3.3.2-5 - CTorrent is a BitTorrent client written in the C programming language,
ctorrent-nossl - dnh3.3.2-5 - CTorrent is a BitTorrent client written in the C programming language,
libtorrent - 0.12.6_r1130-3 - LibTorrent is a BitTorrent library written in C++ for *nix, with a focus
rtorrent - 0.8.6_r1130-1 - rTorrent is a BitTorrent client for ncurses, using the libtorrent library.
transmission-daemon - 1.92-1 - Transmission is a simple BitTorrent client.I did the same thing for Minecraft SMP (passing 512M instead of 1024M for memory usage).
See their Terms of Service at http://dediseedbox.com/clients/knowledgebase.php?action=disp...
Imagine if someone failed to set a max seeding amount and forgot about their EC2 instance for a few days or weeks. It'd be easy to transfer hundreds or thousands of gigabytes (1TB out = $150)
AWS is one of the most expensive ways to buy bandwidth out there. To do worse you have to look at high end dedicated & managed colos and bad deals at big CDNs.
Do you have a links to any services like that? The fact that I couldn't find any is why I decided to try this at all.
I haven't used these services and can't vouch etc. etc.
(It's notable that two others I was thinking of, httptorrents.com and imageshack.us have either gone out of business or have cancelled the service. So predictably it's a pretty spotty market).
And, at the risk of breaking rule #1, have you heard of usenet?
There will absolutely come a point in the future when it will be cheaper to download and store all your files in the cloud, and keep them in the cloud rather than download and store locally.
> And, at the risk of breaking rule #1, have you heard of usenet?
Of course :)