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EC2 Micro Instance as a Remote Bittorrent Client

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Re: EC2 Micro Instance as a Remote Bittorrent Client

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Post by dstein »

Retric wrote: post #8
jeremyjarvis wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, with the free usage tier you get 30GB data transfer (15GB in + 15GB out) included but that would soon run out.

From what I see Data Transfer is $0.10 per GB in $0.15 out http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/ Assume you seed 50% more than you use 1GB (10c in) + (15c * 1.5 seeding) + (15c download) = ~47.5 cents per GB ouch. However, a blue ray rip is something like 8.5GB * 47.5 cents = 4.04$ 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…

Don't forget these are just today's prices. These costs are dropping a couple times a year, and presumably dropping at a faster rate than your cable internet bill (which is probably rising).

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.

Re: EC2 Micro Instance as a Remote Bittorrent Client

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Post by mwmanning »

trotsky wrote: post #14
Retric wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From what I see Data Transfer is $0.10 per GB in $0.15 out http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/ Assume you seed 50% more than you use 1GB (10c in) + (15c * 1.5 seeding) + (15c download) = ~47.5 cents per GB ouch. However, a blue ray rip is something like 8.5GB * 47.5 cents = 4.04$ 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…

Agreed, it's hard to understand this making any financial sense. If you're looking to do substantial seeding there are low cost unlimited bandwidth vps' that specialize there. If you're simply looking for a delayed but fast torrent download there are services that essentially transfer torrents to files on their server for you to download. And if you simply want to download things fast & on demand, there is always nnt…

> If you're simply looking for a delayed but fast torrent download there are services that essentially transfer torrents to files on their server for you to download.

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.

Re: EC2 Micro Instance as a Remote Bittorrent Client

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Post by zmitri »

rmc wrote: post #20
zmitri wrote: post #13

This is cool, you could also use S3 to help you seed if you don't want to keep your computer on all the time. S3 allows you to use torrents by adding ?torrent to the end of your urls. The data transfer is treated the same as regular S3 data access.

Using S3 torrents wouldn't help you seed, since you'd have to use the same tracker (original) as everyone else.

Couldn't you just add the tracker url from the s3 torrent to the torrent file you generate?

Re: EC2 Micro Instance as a Remote Bittorrent Client

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Post by trotsky »

mwmanning wrote: post #23
trotsky wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed, it's hard to understand this making any financial sense. If you're looking to do substantial seeding there are low cost unlimited bandwidth vps' that specialize there. If you're simply looking for a delayed but fast torrent download there are services that essentially transfer torrents to files on their server for you to download. And if you simply want to download things fast & on demand, there is always nnt…

> If you're simply looking for a delayed but fast torrent download there are services that essentially transfer torrents to files on their server for you to download. 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.

http://www.furk.net/

http://www.peerharbor.com/

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?

Re: EC2 Micro Instance as a Remote Bittorrent Client

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Post by mwmanning »

trotsky wrote: post #26
mwmanning wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If you're simply looking for a delayed but fast torrent download there are services that essentially transfer torrents to files on their server for you to download. 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.

http://www.furk.net/ http://www.peerharbor.com/ 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?

Thanks.

> And, at the risk of breaking rule #1, have you heard of usenet?

Of course :)

Re: EC2 Micro Instance as a Remote Bittorrent Client

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Post by martey »

listic wrote: post #28
getsat wrote: post #25

Your safest and cheapest bet is to get a seedbox in France. http://dediseedbox.com

Interesting. I wonder how they make it so cheap, especially considering the traffic.

But making all of their payments non-refundable and reserving the right to terminate your account for any reason (including posting "defamatory" comments online about them!).

See their Terms of Service at http://dediseedbox.com/clients/knowledgebase.php?action=disp...

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