Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I believe that all of Smugmug is hosted on Amazon. Many small companies are doing this to avoid the high cost of peak capacity. Amazon lets them dynamically add/remove processors as needed. -- Clive Photographs: http://clive.smugmug.com Facebook:?http://www.facebook.com/clive.moss Blog: http://clivemoss.blogspot.com/ On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 2:59 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Smugmug is not really a global company, it is basically a California SME > that has developed a good service for hosting photos. The SmugVault > (backup for large quantities) is a re-sell of Amazon's cloud, but the > basic Smugmug hosting is probably all housed in some data center in > California. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > On Jan 23, 2010, at 9:38 AM, Richard Man wrote: > >> I doubt it, global companies have servers everywhere, including like >> in the middle of the ocean :-) >> >> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at >> frozenlight.eu> wrote: >>> I assume that my greatpix.eu site is actually hosted somewhere in the >>> US, as Smugmug is a US company. The fact that I point an .eu domain at >>> wajsman.smugmug.com has no influence on this. >>> >> >> -- >> // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com >> // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog: >> http://rfman.wordpress.com >> // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >