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Old 03-09-2009, 11:56 PM
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Re: Central Download Hub

Well, I worked on the back-end of the scripting this afternoon. Still quite a bit to go, but it's looking good. The main issue I have right now is space. So, I figured I'd check here to see if you could give me some approximate numbers.

I don't want to have to charge for the service, so it has to be relatively economical. Right now I'm looking at about $0.15/GB of storage and $0.22/GB of bandwidth for file hosting (that doesn't include the actual site framework and bandwidth for visits).

To put the storage into perspective: 1GB = 1024 MB = 1,048,576 KB for 15 cents.

Storage is easy to calculate, because it's a static value. Bandwidth varies greatly so I'm not touching that one. If we figure a cost of $10/mo that gives approximately 33 GB of storage and 22 GB of transfer. I seriously doubt we'll have 33 GB of files considering the size I've seen, but who knows.

That's why I'm asking you guys. Based on your experience with ROMs, Themes, Games, Apps, etc... What would you say is the average size? Doesn't have to be absolute, just to give a general view.

Thanks!
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