RE: Cloud computing
March 13, 2013 at 6:19 pm
(This post was last modified: March 13, 2013 at 6:33 pm by Angrboda.)
(March 13, 2013 at 5:56 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Apo - for your particular use case (persistent links) you really do need to control both your local and global namespace. That is to say, you need your own domain, and you need to be able to control in it's entirety, how the local path is presented. In other words, something that approximates a traditional web server.
While you can certainly self-host, it's not the best solution to the problem - though, it may serve your needs with no incremental cost.
I'm not sure what virtues to not self-hosting you see that are important. (Availability would be largely under my control, and likely not significantly worse in practice than a cohost or hosting service. [There's conflicting info on exactly how complete the linux implementations which run on these devices is, but surely more than adequate for the role I'm imagining; that leaves the reliability of myself, my internet connection, and my name servers (I have a friend who has offered free use of high quality name servers, but that's just details).]
I guess I'm wondering if I'm missing some of the specifics of what you are saying by assuming that I know what I'm talking about. What are you referring to, specifically?
(I've been having issues with my internet connection, but I'd have to investigate the source of those.)
And then there's the problem of committing to a specific name, of course.

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