[svlug] Any other photo geeks?

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Brian J. Tarricone (bjt23 at cornell.edu):

> Even assuming that my photo site would be low-traffic (which it would 
> be), it would be painfully slow to anyone viewing it, even with only one 
> visitor at a time.

If you need significant bandwidth, you need it.  However, it doesn't
follow that you need to turn over your files to some odd little hosting
company, and enter into a contractual business relationship where you
give them permission to data-mine you and spam you to death.

Alternatives include:

> Then I typically use rsync over ssh to upload the photos to my shared 
> hosting provider.

Like that.