S3 and torrents
BP answers the question on how you can serve files through S3 initially to jumpstart the swarm, but avoid paying massive bandwidth bills.
BP’s Weblog: Fun with torrents, and Amazon S3
And, that’s what I did. I downloaded the original file, uploaded it to a bucket I have on S3. Then, I copied the generated S3 .torrent to my own server, and told the Nerd Vittles folks where to find it. Meanwhile, I had copied the original file up to my hosted server, and started up a seed there, as well (this saved me having to pay for an extra download from S3).
The advice at the end of the post tells you how to do it. Great idea!
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