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Dec-26-2005, 09:00 PM
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Beginner grinner
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The 2+ terabyte Question
I am currently considering joining smugmug, but have a serious problem. Over the last 2 years I have amassed 2484.98 GIGS (yes that is 2+ terabytes) which is stored over way to many dvds. Now if my calculations are correct it would take me 103360 hours, 12 minutes and 4 seconds under optimal connections to load my albums. I have a cable connection with a 60Kb upload rate.
Reading the smugmug faq is states that DVD's can be purchased for $22 bucks plus 10 dollars per gig (or something like that), but never talks about having your DVDs restored. So my first questions is does this type of service exist? Secondly I have full access to a full DS3 connection (90+ megs/sec) which I could use to upload, But i'm sure smugmug has bandwidth throttling. So my second is question is what are the connections throttled at? While I realize this is an extreme situation I'm sure as more people embrace digital photography the problem is only going to get worse. To make matters even worse I problably create on average 1 - 2 gigs a week. Can Smugmug deliver a solution to address my need? |
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Dec-26-2005, 09:12 PM
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Dec-26-2005, 09:18 PM
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I didn't see any throttling
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Dec-26-2005, 09:19 PM
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Dec-26-2005, 09:48 PM
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Dec-26-2005, 10:05 PM
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Thanks for your help. |
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Dec-27-2005, 12:01 AM
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Location: Vancouver B.C.
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This will be very entertaining. Can't wait to see the servers croak under the load and Smugmug having to buy an XRaid fully loaded just for your site LOL.
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Dec-27-2005, 05:17 AM
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Have you ever thought about saving them as quality 10 jpgs? Over that many files that would save a lot of space.
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Dec-27-2005, 05:34 AM
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These help pages might be of use to you. http://www.smugmug.com/help/faqgen http://www.smugmug.com/help/photo-storage Backups are for us to create copies of what you have stored: http://www.smugmug.com/help/backups We don't have a service where you can send us your dvds, sorry about that. All the best, |
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Dec-27-2005, 08:42 AM
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Dec-27-2005, 08:50 AM
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Dec-27-2005, 08:52 AM
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Sounds like if they don't already they better do it soon!
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Dec-27-2005, 08:52 AM
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Dec-27-2005, 09:43 AM
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Ideally, we'd at least need a few weeks warning before you shoved all the photos at us so we can make sure our available storage matches. :) Anyway, let's keep talking and see what we can do. I'm intriguiged by your prolific shooting capacity. :) Thanks! Don |
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Dec-27-2005, 10:42 AM
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Dec-27-2005, 11:05 AM
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SmugMug CEO & Chief Geek
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Location: Silicon Valley, CA
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So we've always said "unlimited storage" and we mean what we say. We're happy to take your photos and host them, but we need a little time to prepare. Just so you know, this is something like a $20,000 first-year commitment for us in terms of disk space, power, cooling, and physical space. You'll basically have two complete RAID arrays to yourself in our datacenter. Of course, you'll only pay your $30, $50, or $100 per year, depending on your account level. Again, we're happy to do it - but I want to be up front here and let you know that we need to order some equipment and get it installed to accept your photos. We're not geared for accepting 2.5TB overnight. :) We'll also be buying extra image processing machines just for your batch of photos. Luckily, once yours are done, everyone else at smugmug will get to benefit from them, so I don't consider that a cost to host you. Does that sound fair? Can we ask you to hold off while we order and install the equipment and power required? Thanks! Don |
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Dec-27-2005, 11:29 AM
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Major grins
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver B.C.
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Man this is so exciting!!! You have to use him for your ads and other things to promote smugmug. BTW Are you the buy who takes tons and tons of photos of your dog from DPReview? I think he is going to need a custom bandwidth plan and will help shape smugmug for the next 5 years with all the suggestions he will have.
Don you have to post photos of the RAID's arriving, being taken out of the box, being setup and installed (without compermisiing security). I see this as a big way to help promote smugmug. If this works out, I think he will personally bring in 1,000+ customers. Think of the ads "Smugmug is truly unlimited. I host over 500,000 photos at over 2.5TeraBytes." Man I can't wait to see how this plays out Drool.
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Dec-27-2005, 11:48 AM
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Dec-27-2005, 11:52 AM
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Now with 10% less fail
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Gainesville, VA
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i want to go get some popcorn and see how this thread plays out! |
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Dec-27-2005, 12:41 PM
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Major grins
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Location: Williamsburg, VA
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While I'm going to hate while he's uploading I'm going to love when he's done.
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