> I might be missing something, but it seems to me that you are
> comparing using CloudFront to trying to build your own CloudFront.
> Building your own does not seem like it would be very easy or cost
> effective.
>
> Essentially, S3 is an NFS, innit? We use it that way.
>
> What is the issue with CloudFront?


There's no philosophical problem with CloudFront, but there might be
practical ones. While I should theoretically be able to use s3fs to allow
the software to seamlessly interact with S3, the software also assumes
you're using it to stream media files rather than an external service.
 Maybe this change will be easy to implement, maybe it won't -- I won't
know until I try. If it isn't, I need to come up with a Plan B.

At this point in time, I'm just trying to make sure I understand my major
options for setting up the service.

kyle