I have had a server with:
Image hosting
I had concerns that my photos are far too big to fit any of the offerings on the web, but I replaced my self-hosted Gallery instance with Flickr since they offer a free terabyte of storage.
Pros:
Cons - clumsy Uploadr that:
Source code
GitHub would have been my choice but ... I needed a private repository for some of my code. So I had to go with BitBucket that offers Git hosting for teams and 5 private repos.
IP Cam
I used to run Motion to capture photos and video of my home IP Cam. I found out that I can simply mail the photos to a dedicated GMail account and make use of several GB storage they offer.
Instead of my custom web interface (simple HTML page) I now use the camera's web interface with guest access (no rotation or settings change).
The hardest part was to create a rule/filter that deletes motion detect events older than several days. After I googled on the topic I found out that this is easily achieved with Google Apps Scripts.
Tomcat
A good Tomcat hosting is not easy to find. I experimented a bit with Amazon's Free Tier but I cannot recommend it since:
I used my server to download torrents since Apple does not allow such software in the AppStore for iOS (and therefore for my iPad). I can use my Android phone to do this but this is not really reliable or cost-effective.
No real replacement I can recommend so far.
- Apache Tomcat
- Git and SVN servers
- Gallery (Apache, PHP, MySQL)
- IP Cam Motion
- silence in my living room
- reduced electricity costs
- data protection in case a thunder storm comes close
Image hosting
I had concerns that my photos are far too big to fit any of the offerings on the web, but I replaced my self-hosted Gallery instance with Flickr since they offer a free terabyte of storage.
Pros:
- access from my mobile
- I don't have to backup the data from my server
- great groupping in Flickr (sets and collections)
- social elements
Cons - clumsy Uploadr that:
- does not understand some camera rotation exif info
- does not allow me to upload more than 200 photos no matter that I have 1 TB free in Flickr and 30 GB RAM for its JavaScript
Source code
GitHub would have been my choice but ... I needed a private repository for some of my code. So I had to go with BitBucket that offers Git hosting for teams and 5 private repos.
IP Cam
I used to run Motion to capture photos and video of my home IP Cam. I found out that I can simply mail the photos to a dedicated GMail account and make use of several GB storage they offer.
Instead of my custom web interface (simple HTML page) I now use the camera's web interface with guest access (no rotation or settings change).
The hardest part was to create a rule/filter that deletes motion detect events older than several days. After I googled on the topic I found out that this is easily achieved with Google Apps Scripts.
Tomcat
A good Tomcat hosting is not easy to find. I experimented a bit with Amazon's Free Tier but I cannot recommend it since:
- it is not really free (once you go out of the tier usage limits)
- it does not provide enough storage for big projects (MySQL would cost you a lot)
I used my server to download torrents since Apple does not allow such software in the AppStore for iOS (and therefore for my iPad). I can use my Android phone to do this but this is not really reliable or cost-effective.
No real replacement I can recommend so far.
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