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FarBeyond
24th February 2009, 10:54 PM
I have been "leeching" from XDA for a while now and I want to give something back to XDA.

I have a webhosting business. I am not really doing anything with it at this time. I was thinking about opening it up for XDA members for file hosting.

I HATE RapidShare and other "free" sites like it... I wouldnt do anything more than some banner ads on the site, maybe some GoogleAdSense... Nothing intrusive... I promise...

Would anyone use this COMPLETELY FREE SERVICE?

Im setting it up now, 100MB for RAR and ZIP, 50MB for CABS

www.FarBeyondHosting.com
whisper
24th February 2009, 11:31 PM
That is a very nice idea! It would be great for this great site.

I join ya! - I absoluty HATE Rapidshare too, most of the time it's busy or I'll keep on countin' the seconds :(

The adds are no problem, when there aren't a lot - that is... :D
Wild Child
24th February 2009, 11:48 PM
Most of the rom's are above 100mb though...

WC
joel2009
25th February 2009, 12:19 AM
Yep file limits may not be the best but its a great idea... thanks for sharing
FarBeyond
25th February 2009, 01:02 AM
I have to admit, I dont know what kind of files sizes are needed for the ROMS.

I have used the roms for the 8525, and the tilt, and now the Raphael/Fuze... And those are generally less than 100MB...

What would a good size be? 200? I have unlimited space on that server...

:)
orb3000
25th February 2009, 02:08 AM
Thanks a lot
I think this is a good idea!
darfri
25th February 2009, 09:41 AM
btw has anybody thought how many roms there are published here? :)
aximilation
28th February 2009, 12:18 AM
Lol, I was just coming to post the same topic, I have unlimited space and bandwidth if I need it, do you have any bandwidth limits?

I've started hosting files for the android/kaiser project but haven't moved out into the rest of the site so far.

My idea was to just register under a username (hopefully associated with your xda account) and upload your files without size limit (unless it's over 1GB?) and also provide a link for users to view all your posted files/ROMs etc.

Seeing you're already looking into this, maybe I'll still do it, maybe I won't :-D

BTW, thanks for giving back!
danbriant
28th February 2009, 12:45 PM
Well i have my own physical server in a UK datacenter. Physical as in if i wanted to i could go there and pick it up etc.

It's an intel xeon quad core server with 4gb ram and loads of space!
It's hosted on a dedicated 100mbit connection, with offsite backups located in the USA.
Those intrested ping fbdn.net we run ESXI so basically emulating OS's for better performance etc :)

I dont see a problem with hosting these files will check my datacenters TOS and AUP in a sec