[sclug] FTP Hosting

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On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:14:11 +0100
Scott Rixon <Scott at Green-Flag.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 18:56 +0100, John Stumbles wrote:
> > Scott Rixon wrote:  
> > > Hey gang,
> > > 
> > > I am in need of some FTP hosting for work. We currently hold a
> > > large library of machine images for our contacts. These are then
> > > copied onto CD/DVD and shipped around the world. Crazy!
> > > 
> > > Most of the time it would sit idle.. But when a new image comes
> > > out then about 50 people would need to download about 5gb each.
> > > 
> > > Anyone have any bright ideas?  
> > 
> > Torrent?
> > 
> >   
> Not quite what I am looking for.. I want to host a server somewhere
> with the images on, torrent wouldn't quite work. 

HTTP? Set a cron job or FTP server module to gzip the image first? I
don't know, there's not really a simple way to solve this. When taking
system images from raw disk though, it's often a good idea to dd
if=/dev/zero of=./file_on_each_partition so that gzipping the image
will yield a much smaller disk image.

Other than that I can't think of any thing useful.



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