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What's the OG content storage management strategy on Nostr? On average my videos are about 1GB (after being compressed with Handbrake), I store them on my computer and on an external HDD and I've been looking into the professional and creator plan by nostr:nprofile1qqsfnz2sqsflkatdssmeztxr90s8xrd7r07xkhfwaa6eu9zkcguljpgprpmhxue69uhkc6t8dp6xu6twvaex2mrp0yhxxmmdqyv8wumn8ghj7am9d33k7mt99ehx7um5wgh8w6twv5q3kamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwphhyar9d4hkuetjduhxxmmdh047hg for storing files as well.

My question is, in the mid-long term, once I reach my storage limits how would I keep my older videos accessible to nostr? Since I'll have to delete them from the cloud in order to make space for the newer content, is the strategy to use YouTube or Rumble links to them instead?

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ChipTuner 5mo ago

Content management will always be a tough one. Files are big and difficult/expensive to distribute.

As much as I'm a data hoarder and host my own stuff, I realized I have to keep $1000s worth of hard drives around and rotate every 3-5 years which gets uber expensive for the average pleb.

That said, I think as a creator, you should always have a backup of your content, and never rely on cloud services to retain them for you. At best, accidents happen, at worst your kicked off the platform. I think it's worth utilizing the cheapest storage you can afford and who you want to support.

If you want to support nostr:npub1nxy4qpqnld6kmpphjykvx2lqwvxmuxluddwjamm4nc29ds3elyzsm5avr7 you should.

If you want to leverage free platforms until they take you down, sure, but have a backup plan.

Explore other cloud options for distribution, but always have a backup locally.

There are cheaper ways to do this depending on how tech savvy you are, and want to put effort into. For example I pay like $2.50/mo for B2 cloud storage for over 1tb of content (thats not used for distribution though). Dirt cheap for a cloud backup, B2 isn't meant for content distribution though, so depending on how many views you get traffic goes up, so it's all on you. You'd save money with compression and so on. You couldn't reach YouTube level of distribution as views go up though.

So maybe you can explain more specifically what you are looking for.

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Dr. Fernando Morales 5mo ago

Thanks for the detailed response! I was looking to simply have all of my content available natively on Nostr, but as my video library storage costs increase over time, it doesn't seem viable. nostr:nprofile1qqspdudqzqx5ellme3prp68qus5se3vynsddcexkv5la5p7qxxcswjcprdmhxue69uhhw6r9v96zu6rpwpc8jarpwejhym3wvdhj7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucnpdejz7qgnwaehxw309ahkvenrdpskjm3wwp6kytcymfx7k gave me the idea to look into hosting my videos on my own website and perhaps distributing from there. I'm a total noob in this so I have to research deeper. I have a start9, so maybe I can use it alongside hosting my own website for a more sovereign approach.

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ChipTuner 5mo ago

No problem! Someone else that might be able to help out in this area is nostr:npub1gnwpctdec0aa00hfy4lvadftu08ccs9677mr73h9ddv2zvw8fu9smmerrq although I'm not sure hes ready for media distribution yet. I still don't have enough internet bandwidth to really support media customers, that's more of a cloud operation. So keep that in mind. Your videos will be streamed over your internet connection, so I'd expect you to have something at least 100mbps-1gbps, ideally on a fiber connection for lower latency. I all heavily depends on how many streams you expect to have on your videos, bots and AI will take up much of the traffic.

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Dr. Fernando Morales 5mo ago

Thank you! This gives me a good general breakdown of my possible options.