[mythtv-users] MythCloud/Grid

[sonofzev at iinet.net.au]

On Tue Nov 24  9:56 , Matt Emmott  sent:

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>On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
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>On Monday 23 November 2009 15:50:41 Thomas Lloyd wrote:
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>> After the latest very thought invoking talk at Birmingham University on
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>> cloud computing my mind got working on uses of cloud computing. I lack a
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>> spare server room full of unused computing hardware in my flat so I
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>> thought about how I could have a play with a cloud. I came across the
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>> eucalyptus project that now brings private clouds to ubuntu 9.04+. For
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>> those curious about having a play with a cloud then you can get a free
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>> trial here, at no cost:
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>>   http://open.eucalyptus.com/wiki/EucalyptusPublicCloud
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>The six-hour limit makes it far less useful IMHO, but I can certainly
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>understand that they have limited resources.
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>Actually, using something like the Amazon EC2 is quite cheap, as long as you
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>don't use it too much. I think my last invoice from AWS was about 8 cents.
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>Brian Wood
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>beww at beww.org


This is all a nice idea, however I'm pretty sure having shared storage space for
shows recorded from Television would constitute a breach of the Australian
implementation of Copyright law.. not sure how that would pan out everywhere else