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How difficult is to make sci-hub decentralized

Tenoke 5y ago
There's torrents of sci-hub so in a sense it already exists. However, making it as a decentralized site like those would be fairly expensive probably as it's likely close to 100TB in total by now.
- encryptluks2 5y ago
  You can literally get over 100TB of data for under $15/mo, so no it wouldn't be the expensive.
  - traverseda 5y ago
    Where?
    - Y_Y 5y ago
      /dev/urandom
    - encryptluks2 5y ago
      G Suite costs $12/mo and many users still get unlimited storage without needing 5 users . It can be mounted like a regular drive using rclone. Linus Tech Tips has an entire video about it and you'll find many people using it.
  - maxnoe 5y ago
    The entire scientific community would also be interested where to get this deal
  - gpm 5y ago
    Cheap reliable cloud storage seems to be roughly $5/(tb month), 100tb for 15 dollars sounds incredible, before counting bandwidth...
    - encryptluks2 5y ago
      Unless you get unlimited storage with G Suite where there is no bandwidth costs. Also, FYI you can get 6TB storage with OneDrive for less than $5 per month through Costco. Both can be mounted and used like a regular drive with rclone.
      - geoah 5y ago
        You’ve posted the same comment about gsuite at least 5 times in this thread which is no longer an option. https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-happens-to-your-g-suite-unlimited-storage-when-google-moves-you-to-workspace/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-happens-to-your-g-suite-u... https://9to5google.com/2020/10/08/google-workspace-drive-storage-limits/ https://9to5google.com/2020/10/08/google-workspace-drive-sto...
        encryptluks2 5y ago
        Because I was responding to multiple people. You are posting old articles. Why don't you try going to reddit or find new articles and you can see that it is still available.
  - innocenat 5y ago
    Interest in this too. Where?
    - encryptluks2 5y ago
      G Suite
  - duskwuff 5y ago
    Absolutely not. 100 TB of hard disks costs in the neighborhood of $1500 (using a low estimate of $240/16GB). Even if operating and maintaining the hardware cost nothing (which it doesn't) and redundancy was unnecessary (which most users would disagree with), paying that off at $15/mo would take over 8 years, which is beyond the expected lifespan of the hardware.
    - encryptluks2 5y ago
      G Suite costs $12/mo and many users still get unlimited storage without needing 5 users . It can be mounted like a regular drive using rclone. So please don't tell me it is impossible when Linus Tech Tips has an entire video about it and you'll find many people using it.
      - innocenat 5y ago
        So what do you do when Google enforce 1TB rule?
        encryptluks2 5y ago
        They have said they don't intend to. I have found an alternative if they get rid of it altogether though that I don't intend to disclose.
      - geoah 5y ago
        This package is no longer available for new users and it’s expected that google will start killing old accounts at some point. https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-happens-to-your-g-suite-unlimited-storage-when-google-moves-you-to-workspace/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-happens-to-your-g-suite-u...
        encryptluks2 5y ago
        It is not expected Google will kill old accounts, in fact they have said they don't intend to. Regardless, you can still upgrade to an unlimited plan for pretty cheap. And alas I proved my point that yes it is possible.
  - tengbretson 5y ago
    Is this that non-redundant, cloud-connected tape drives as a service I'be been hearing so much about lately?
    - encryptluks2 5y ago
      No, this is using G Suite with an rclone mount.
- neiman 5y ago
  I'm not sure how Filecoin is connected to IPFS, but if it is, can it be done with it? Another option is with Skynet (based on Sia)
  - duskwuff 5y ago
    Sia/Skynet has serious technical problems and does not appear to be viable for any use case: https://siasetup.info/concerns-about-sia-and-skynet https://siasetup.info/concerns-about-sia-and-skynet

There's torrents of sci-hub so in a sense it already exists. However, making it as a decentralized site like those would be fairly expensive probably as it's likely close to 100TB in total by now.

encryptluks2 5y ago
You can literally get over 100TB of data for under $15/mo, so no it wouldn't be the expensive.
- traverseda 5y ago
  Where?
  - Y_Y 5y ago
    /dev/urandom
  - encryptluks2 5y ago
    G Suite costs $12/mo and many users still get unlimited storage without needing 5 users . It can be mounted like a regular drive using rclone. Linus Tech Tips has an entire video about it and you'll find many people using it.
- maxnoe 5y ago
  The entire scientific community would also be interested where to get this deal
- gpm 5y ago
  Cheap reliable cloud storage seems to be roughly $5/(tb month), 100tb for 15 dollars sounds incredible, before counting bandwidth...
  - encryptluks2 5y ago
    Unless you get unlimited storage with G Suite where there is no bandwidth costs. Also, FYI you can get 6TB storage with OneDrive for less than $5 per month through Costco. Both can be mounted and used like a regular drive with rclone.
    - geoah 5y ago
      You’ve posted the same comment about gsuite at least 5 times in this thread which is no longer an option. https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-happens-to-your-g-suite-unlimited-storage-when-google-moves-you-to-workspace/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-happens-to-your-g-suite-u... https://9to5google.com/2020/10/08/google-workspace-drive-storage-limits/ https://9to5google.com/2020/10/08/google-workspace-drive-sto...
      - encryptluks2 5y ago
        Because I was responding to multiple people. You are posting old articles. Why don't you try going to reddit or find new articles and you can see that it is still available.
- innocenat 5y ago
  Interest in this too. Where?
  - encryptluks2 5y ago
    G Suite
- duskwuff 5y ago
  Absolutely not. 100 TB of hard disks costs in the neighborhood of $1500 (using a low estimate of $240/16GB). Even if operating and maintaining the hardware cost nothing (which it doesn't) and redundancy was unnecessary (which most users would disagree with), paying that off at $15/mo would take over 8 years, which is beyond the expected lifespan of the hardware.
  - encryptluks2 5y ago
    G Suite costs $12/mo and many users still get unlimited storage without needing 5 users . It can be mounted like a regular drive using rclone. So please don't tell me it is impossible when Linus Tech Tips has an entire video about it and you'll find many people using it.
    - innocenat 5y ago
      So what do you do when Google enforce 1TB rule?
      - encryptluks2 5y ago
        They have said they don't intend to. I have found an alternative if they get rid of it altogether though that I don't intend to disclose.
    - geoah 5y ago
      This package is no longer available for new users and it’s expected that google will start killing old accounts at some point. https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-happens-to-your-g-suite-unlimited-storage-when-google-moves-you-to-workspace/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-happens-to-your-g-suite-u...
      - encryptluks2 5y ago
        It is not expected Google will kill old accounts, in fact they have said they don't intend to. Regardless, you can still upgrade to an unlimited plan for pretty cheap. And alas I proved my point that yes it is possible.
- tengbretson 5y ago
  Is this that non-redundant, cloud-connected tape drives as a service I'be been hearing so much about lately?
  - encryptluks2 5y ago
    No, this is using G Suite with an rclone mount.
neiman 5y ago
I'm not sure how Filecoin is connected to IPFS, but if it is, can it be done with it? Another option is with Skynet (based on Sia)
- duskwuff 5y ago
  Sia/Skynet has serious technical problems and does not appear to be viable for any use case: https://siasetup.info/concerns-about-sia-and-skynet https://siasetup.info/concerns-about-sia-and-skynet