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Arc.io – A Crowdfunded Distributed CDN

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Re: Arc.io – A Crowdfunded Distributed CDN

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Post by kitchenkarma »

jaden wrote: post #19
etaioinshrdlu wrote: post #13

So... Hetzner bandwidth is $0.00112/GB, almost 18x cheaper than arc.io ( https://wiki.hetzner.de/index.php/Traffic/en ) And Hetzner is a no-nonsense real company that's been around since 1997. Hetzner machines have dedicated 1Gbps connections. Arc.io promises nothing. Arc.io is a faceless company with no track record, no history, and doesn't say how long they've been around. Who would you choose?

That's true, but a Hetzner server is only in a single datacenter. A closer comparison might be a CDN service like Cloudflare for free, or https://bunnycdn.com/pricing for about $0.01/GB. Both distribute your assets across the globe for reduced latency.

You can use different "cheap" providers, setup nginx reverse proxy with caching and round robin dns.

Re: Arc.io – A Crowdfunded Distributed CDN

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Post by namibj »

ipsum2 wrote: post #12
namibj wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still 2x compared to backblaze b2. E.g., it better have good performance.

backblaze b2 is not a CDN.

But if they don't manage to outperform it (distributed tends to be slow), it won't really matter if it's officially a CDN or not. Amazon S3 is also not a CDN, yet many use it that way.

As long as it delivers better performance, it might be worth it.

Re: Arc.io – A Crowdfunded Distributed CDN

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Post by jgrahamc »

So, I work for a company that provides CDN services so take that into account, but, putting on my personal, not work, head, this type of service worries me for two reasons.

1. It's asking website owners to install JavaScript that uses the website owner's visitors' bandwidth for purposes other than visiting the website. That feels misaligned and not something I'd expect as a user visiting a website.

2. It also puts me, the end user, in an odd position because I don't control the content that is being stored and served from my machine.

Putting those two things together I find myself worrying about the following scenario: I visit site example.com that serves content that is legal in my jurisdiction. example.com is using arc.io and while I'm browsing example.com some content that is illegal in my jurisdiction is served to someone. This puts me in a position where illegal content was stored and served from my machine.

I think that puts me in a dangerous position just for surfing example.com.

If I signed up for Arc Rewards then I might get paid for storing and serving illegal content.

Re: Arc.io – A Crowdfunded Distributed CDN

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Post by Jnr »

jgrahamc wrote: post #53

So, I work for a company that provides CDN services so take that into account, but, putting on my personal, not work, head, this type of service worries me for two reasons. 1. It's asking website owners to install JavaScript that uses the website owner's visitors' bandwidth for purposes other than visiting the website. That feels misaligned and not something I'd expect as a user visiting a website. 2. It also puts me…

I hope Arc.io gets added to most popular ad/tracking/mining blocker list soon. I hate when sites do something you did not consent with. Their site including - they ask to opt out without offering to opting in first.

Re: Arc.io – A Crowdfunded Distributed CDN

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Post by bufferoverflow »

pfisch wrote: post #47
bufferoverflow wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$500/month is quite a lot. Are you hosting videos? Or some high traffic image site?

f2p game with like 2k new users per day.

Wow, congrats!

Out of curiosity, is it profitable in the end? 2k new users per day seems like a lot.

Re: Arc.io – A Crowdfunded Distributed CDN

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Post by _Codemonkeyism »

kitchenkarma wrote: post #51
jaden wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's true, but a Hetzner server is only in a single datacenter. A closer comparison might be a CDN service like Cloudflare for free, or https://bunnycdn.com/pricing for about $0.01/GB. Both distribute your assets across the globe for reduced latency.

You can use different "cheap" providers, setup nginx reverse proxy with caching and round robin dns.

Or a cheap Anycast DNS provider with domain mapping like DNSMadeEasy.

Re: Arc.io – A Crowdfunded Distributed CDN

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Post by _Codemonkeyism »

paulcarroty wrote: post #33
etaioinshrdlu wrote: post #13

So... Hetzner bandwidth is $0.00112/GB, almost 18x cheaper than arc.io ( https://wiki.hetzner.de/index.php/Traffic/en ) And Hetzner is a no-nonsense real company that's been around since 1997. Hetzner machines have dedicated 1Gbps connections. Arc.io promises nothing. Arc.io is a faceless company with no track record, no history, and doesn't say how long they've been around. Who would you choose?

Hetzner storage are slow as shit and not reliable, I recommend to avoid it.

I found the attached volume storage in their cloud VMs fast enough and the servers with 2 attached SSDs plentiful fast.

Re: Arc.io – A Crowdfunded Distributed CDN

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Post by ru999gol »

paulcarroty wrote: post #33
etaioinshrdlu wrote: post #13

So... Hetzner bandwidth is $0.00112/GB, almost 18x cheaper than arc.io ( https://wiki.hetzner.de/index.php/Traffic/en ) And Hetzner is a no-nonsense real company that's been around since 1997. Hetzner machines have dedicated 1Gbps connections. Arc.io promises nothing. Arc.io is a faceless company with no track record, no history, and doesn't say how long they've been around. Who would you choose?

Hetzner storage are slow as shit and not reliable, I recommend to avoid it.

thats such an idiotic thing to say considering they offer dedicated servers with NVMe raid drives.

Re: Arc.io – A Crowdfunded Distributed CDN

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Post by LinuxBender »

kitchenkarma wrote: post #51
jaden wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's true, but a Hetzner server is only in a single datacenter. A closer comparison might be a CDN service like Cloudflare for free, or https://bunnycdn.com/pricing for about $0.01/GB. Both distribute your assets across the globe for reduced latency.

You can use different "cheap" providers, setup nginx reverse proxy with caching and round robin dns.

That is exactly what I do with my hobby sites.

Re: Arc.io – A Crowdfunded Distributed CDN

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Post by Proven »

MentallyRetired wrote: post #2

Interesting. How does this affect GDPR? Are we using & monetizing customers' bandwidth without their permission?

It's not without their permission, you have to enable it on your own, but I wonder if those WebRTC logs get spread all over the place and those contain customers' IP addresses.
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