Roadmap

Launch / 1.0

  • Move to JPA backend
  • Finalise Database tables
  • Add Azure Storage support – In progress
  • Refactor upload code, move to Java Tasks/Future model
  • Integrate per file and per replica download count to gauge demand
  • Finalise QoS monitoring framework (response time, throughput, uptime, HTTP error codes)
  • Finalise SOAP and REST Web Service interface – In progress
  • Integrated Flash video and MP3 audio streaming with embeddable players – In progress
  • KML export for deployment

Future Versions

  • Direct (client-side) uploading to back-end providers via applet or other mechanism
  • Investigate cloud-based table/database (BigTable, Azure Table, SimpleDB), could use simplejpa
  • Autonomic deployment management (expansion/contraction) based on demand
  • Autonomic deployment management (expansion/contraction) based on QoS
  • Security / ACL framework that spans all cloud storage providers
  • “One time” MetaCDN URLs
  • Metalinker support
  • Audio, Video and Image Transcoding