Best download manager

crash777 · 07.04.2005, 18:16

I have been researching for a while now and still have many questions... Maybe this fine community of folks can offer some assistance, redirection and opinions... anything accepted.

Question: What is the best download manager?

Qualifications:

A Reporting. I need to be able to see which user downloaded which file.
B Uploading. I need to be able to allow registered users to upload without making them an admin.
C Approve Uploads/Edits. Uploaded files should be approved before they go live.
E Anti-Leeching. I need to be able to hide the file location so that users cannot leech.
F Bandwidth. I need lots of bandwidth (not really a concern here)
G Processing time. Whichever method I use will ultimately use proc time on the server. I need to be able to minimize it as much as possible.
H Remote Download Location. I do not want to store the files on the server. I want to be able to use mirrors/remote server(s) for storage.

My research so far:

REMOSITORY | DOCMAN | PHPSHOP
A ? ? yes
B yes ? yes ?
C yes yes ?
E yes yes yes
F n/a n/a n/a
G ? ? ?
H yes ? ?

I have tried to install all three and I do have an active phpshop running but have not worked too much with the download area. I did notice it seems you can specify a location but it is one location for all downloads. With remository it can be on a file by file basis.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.

keymaster · 11.04.2005, 09:56

am also interested in hearing opinions on this.

crash777 · 12.04.2005, 13:00

***BUMP

No one wants to offer an opinion??

mbrampton · 21.04.2005, 21:43

Remository can meet the majority of your wishes, but not all. Two of them (knowing who downloaded what and download limits) can only be implemented by having a log to record what downloads have already taken place. That is planned for Remository 3.2 when the database structure will be altered in the light of future features. At present Remository 3.0 is in general beta.

Remository will permit files to be hosted elsewhere than the webserver hosting Remository. I haven't really studied how anti-leach this mechanism is. The local file hosting can now be made strongly anti-leach. I'd have to do some tests to see whether the remote file mechanism is easily breached.

I'm doing my best to make Remository efficient and therefore keep processing time under control.

crash777 · 21.04.2005, 22:01

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mbrampton · 22.04.2005, 07:56

Yes, after logs are implemented, in order to have the history to make the checks. The design of Remository is working towards having more capability to track user interests and activities.