Free Open Source Storage advice

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As some of you know, FOSSVPS has been giving free VMs to deserving Open Source developers.
While I am a developer I do have my own storage system so I would like your thoughts on
Providing a free low power VM giving access (via sshfs) to 256G+ disk.
Obviously people would want it (because it is free), but would it really be of benefit to the community or would it be abused?

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  • somiksomik OG

    @msatt said:
    Providing a free low power VM giving access (via sshfs) to 256G+ disk.
    Obviously people would want it (because it is free), but would it really be of benefit to the community or would it be abused?

    I would love to see free S3 "like" storage being on offer. Something that allows people to run backups or use as a file storage for their static files. Maybe throw in a https access to the files?

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  • tetechtetech OG

    Are you offering to provide the 256G+ disk? Or just the VM that someone can use to mount it? I imagine a disk would definitely be abused.

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  • msattmsatt Hosting ProviderOG

    @tetech

    Providing a free low power VM giving access (via sshfs) to 256G+ disk

    @somik
    Don't mind considering some type of s3 or rsync type access, but definitely not https because of what could be hosted (abused).

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  • DrNutellaDrNutella

    I would be interested. I can mount this to my vps with low storage.

    Abuse =\= full utilization

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  • havochavoc OGContent WriterSenpai
    edited November 15

    Cool idea

    Yeah think S3 will see more pickup in general and probably better for devs than rsync...which has more backup vibes. I'm not the most well informed but hadn't even heard of sshfs till recently

  • msattmsatt Hosting ProviderOG

    @havoc I find sshfs simple to use, install on client, setup keys and mount.
    i always found S3 (perhaps because I was using AWS) setup awkward and a bit slow.
    However i am prepared to implement solutions if that is what the Open source community wants / needs.
    But do they really need it or is it just nice to have because it is free.

    Virmach is NOT worth the risk.

  • AuroraZeroAuroraZero ModeratorHosting ProviderRetired
    edited November 15

    @somik said: I would love to see free S3 "like" storage being on offer. Something that allows people to run backups or use as a file storage for their static files. Maybe throw in a https access to the files?

    Dude give me time to do my lxc conversion before I start this project okay? I can only code so many things at one time.

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  • msattmsatt Hosting ProviderOG
    edited November 15

    Hmm - reading up on S3 (please correct me if I am wrong) it uses http/s. So providing that sort of service would mean we were hosting and serving potentially dodgy stuff - no thank you.

    edit - typo

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  • havochavoc OGContent WriterSenpai

    @msatt said:
    Hmm - reading up on S3 (please correct me if I am wrong) it uses http/s. So providing that sort of service would mean we were hosting and serving potentially dodgy stuff - no thank you.

    edit - typo

    Valid point.

    It's unfortunately a double edged sword...S3 is super useful to devs precisely because anything can access it. curl/api/browser/whatever.

    One middle ground would be to only allow authenticated access. That basically kills the "someone uses it to serve dodgy JPEGs to internet" route...but limits usefulness to back end storage / personal use.

    I guess it depends on how you envision our hypothetical devs using this.

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  • somiksomik OG

    @havoc said:
    "serve dodgy JPEGs to internet"

    Why I been summoned? :lol:

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