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Size of files.scheme.org Lassi Kortela (06 Jul 2022 11:10 UTC)
Re: Size of files.scheme.org John Cowan (06 Jul 2022 13:07 UTC)
Hosting platforms Lassi Kortela (06 Jul 2022 13:32 UTC)
Re: Size of files.scheme.org elf (06 Jul 2022 22:51 UTC)
Re: Size of files.scheme.org Lassi Kortela (09 Jul 2022 15:49 UTC)
Re: Size of files.scheme.org Lassi Kortela (09 Jul 2022 15:57 UTC)
Re: Size of files.scheme.org John Cowan (10 Jul 2022 02:09 UTC)
Re: Size of files.scheme.org elf (06 Jul 2022 22:54 UTC)

Hosting platforms Lassi Kortela 06 Jul 2022 13:32 UTC

> I use S3 for backing store and have for many years.  I recommend it. You
> have to pay, but Amazon doesn't pull the plug on you without warning.  I
> currently have 186 GB and I pay about US $4 per month.

That's cheap. But I'm wary of using anything other than Linux servers.
Scheme.org should be platform-neutral as much as possible so that we can
move things around if/when the need arises. A Linux server can be hosted
identically in countless places, and we can always find someone who
knows how to admin it. Git is good for the same reason - it's a
vendor-neutral standard.

As a separate but related issue, Scheme has a significant GNU presence
and they tend to regard Big Tech companies with suspicion. Not sure
whether this applies to AWS and/or Linux servers hosted there.