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This seems too good to be true. I have a need to store dozens of GBs of photos, and I can put them on GAE for free?

According to GAE's quotas page [1], free hosting of code and static files is only for the first 1GB. After that it is $0.13 per GB per month.

[1] https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/quotas#Code

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You'd want to store them in the blobstore (5GB free storage) [0]. Note that you are not allowed to create multiple GAE apps to stack free quotas (n apps = n * 5GB free blobstore storage) [1].

[0] https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/quotas#Blobstor...

[1] "4.3 Restrictions. Customer will not, and will not allow third parties under its control to: " ... "(e) create multiple Applications or Accounts to simulate or act as a single Application or Account (respectively) or otherwise access the Service in a manner intended to avoid incurring Fees;" https://developers.google.com/appengine/terms scroll down to 4.3(e)

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