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Re:Ask HN: Any ideas on how to thumbnail 2M images? by samptemp on Friday September 05, 2014 @11:24PM (#8277379)
To add to my above comment: a big high-five to those offering their free time or pro bono advice to the New York Public Library! You guys really rock!
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Re:Ask HN: Any ideas on how to thumbnail 2M images? by jcanyc on Saturday September 06, 2014 @01:11AM (#8277595)
In terms of cost/expense, AWS is very cost effective for this type of work load.

If you build out the skill set and scripts to run this type of job, you can process the images, store them on S3 and kill the running infrastructure. You can then run this process for big and small workloads as the needs arise on demand without having to own servers or space in a data center.

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Re:Ask HN: Any ideas on how to thumbnail 2M images? by rugdobe on Saturday September 06, 2014 @02:06PM (#8278989)
how long would it take to upload 2M images?
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Re:Ask HN: Any ideas on how to thumbnail 2M images? by pan69 on Saturday September 06, 2014 @06:13PM (#8279658)
It will depend on your upstream connection speed?
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