Need help with a new project.. (brainstorm with me.)

[Kt3]

Ok, I was wondering if somebody could give me some ideas as to what technology I could use for this project.

I need to write a web service that collects files which contain metadata, some of the meta info is hash coded so is XML going to work? Either way, after the file is archived, I want the location of the file as well as the metainfo it contains to be stored in a database, all of this on the web server. Then a windows forms application can log in, and retrieve the database. I might perhaps include the ability for the application to upload files to the web service for automatic storage. Then, to top it all off, there might be several hundred people using this database with the windows forms application at once, plus, I need to include the ability for the windows forms application to connect to and retrieve similar formatted data from other web services and combine all the data and present it to the user.

So let's recap as well as introduce some new specifications:

1. Web service that accepts files, stores the files and archives info about the files to a database.

2. Windows forms application to retrieve information from the database and download the file based on the information.

3. Scalable to support several hundred users.

4. Able to connect to several web services at once.

5. Windows forms application must be somewhat light on resource consumption.

6. Database on a single service could be as large as 10,000 entries.


Yes, I know this is a big project, yes, I know I am crazy, can it be done, what .NET technology will let me do it?


KT