Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is a web service which provides storage and various interfaces for accessing data stored there. S3 can store objects up to 5TB in size, along with 2KB of data. Objects are grouped into buckets which correspond to an Amazon Web Services account. Buckets and ...
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Amazon s3 as backup and remote file access [closed]
Looking to use Amazon s3 as storage backup and remote file access.
What are any pitfalls I should be aware of?
Any comparisons between Cloudberry and Dragon Disk as a backup client?
And has anyone ...
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Amazon S3 sychronization software for different architectures
I'm on the search for an easy to use synchronization client for Amazon S3. Here the desired features:
Automatic (almost real time) synchronization of files and folders
Free and or open source ...
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Environment Variables and Shell Rc File
I am trying to automatically establish a connection with Amazon s3 using keys. This documentation provides instructions but I am unsure of how to set environment variables and where my shell rc file ...
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Mount a S3 bucket on Linux without 3rd party tool?
Is there any way to mount a S3 bucket on the Linux filesystem without any 3rd party tools? Assuming I have a standard Ubuntu installation.
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Amazon S3 GUI Client For Mac OS X [closed]
I'm looking for a good GUI client for Amazon S3. On Windows I used Cloudberry Explorer and I would like to know if there's anything like that for Mac OS X.
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Should you set up a separate EC2 instance for your database? [closed]
Is it a good idea to set up separate instances for your app and your database if you're only going to start with one micro instance on EC2 for your app? What are the benefits and disadvantages of ...
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S3 based dropbox like program for mac os and windows
I use dropbox to sync file between several computers. It does the job quite well but it have several disadvantages:
Storing files on S3 is much cheaper (I need about 10Gb for all my shared files) ...
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Can I convert a Jungle Disk 2.0 bucket to a “compatible” bucket?
I have some data in a Jungle Disk 2.0 bucket on Amazon S3. It seems like the data in this bucket cannot be accessed via Amazon's own web interface to S3 - at least not very conveniently (the data is ...
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Deploying a Js/Backbone application
I'm going to deploying a small application that is entirely written in Javascript, so what I basically need is something like a NGINX instance serving static files on a cookie-less domain for ...
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Simple tool to download a whole S3 bucket from the command line
Is there a simple tool to download a whole S3 bucket from the command line? I know about s3cmd and s3sync, none of them work (I think due to not being updated to Ruby 1.9, but I'm not sure, are they ...
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Upload very many files to S3
I have about 1 million images (organized in directories) that I need to get into S3. I started using s3sync.rb, but since it is built for syncing it creates tons of extra files for keeping track of ...
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s3cmd tool falls over on local directory
I'm trying to use s3cmd to copy a full bucket down to my local machine like so:
s3cmd -c .s3cfg-bespoke sync s3://my_bucket/ ~/local_folder/
There are three folders and a smattering of files in the ...
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Subversion repository on Amazon S3
Is it possible to put a subversion repository on Amazon S3.
I found SvnToS3 on google code but that project seems dead.
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Duplicity & S3: “The write operation timed out”
I'm trying to set up an automated backup with duplicity on Amazon S3, but I keep getting a weird error that doesn't show up on Google searches.
machina:~# duplicity --version
duplicity 0.6.14
Here ...
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Real-Time Automated Amazon S3 Backup for Windows
I'm looking for a service I can configure in Windows 7 that will run in the background to monitor selected file system(s) for changes, and immediately push those changes in a lazy fashion to my Amazon ...
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I can't resolve s3 dns from time-to-time
I'm using the .net SDK to talk to S3, but too often I get the following exception:
The remote name could not be resolved: 's3.amazonaws.com'
I'm using the two standard OpenDNS DNS servers, and ...
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How to mount Amazon S3 bucket to a directory on FreeBSD?
I can't find a solution on how to mount an Amazon S3 bucket to an existing directory on FreeBSD.
I suspect, I need to install port fusefs-s3fs.
But how should I configure it? I can't find any info.
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Automatically Transcode Video and Upload to Cloud
I'm looking for a solution to take video files from my HD Camera and automate transcoding to a smaller format and then uploading to the cloud (AWS or otherwise).
The ideal workflow would be, I have a ...
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Exclude directories s3cmd sync
I am trying to backup some stuff I have on my Ubuntu server to my s3 bucket using s3cmd.
This is what I am doing to sync..
s3cmd --dry-run -v sync --exclude="/home/user_name/exclude_me" ...
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Using S3 instead of FTP- any reason NOT to?
Whenever a client wants an FTP storage solution, my instinct it to direct them to S3 instead, as a secure and cost-effective alternative. Is there any good reason NOT to use S3 instead of FTP/SFTP in ...
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How concerned do you think I need to be about the security and integrity of my Dropbox and Amazon S3 accounts? [closed]
What are the risks? Where are the vulnerabilities?
Is my Dropbox encrypted?
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Is having Linux VPS same as Amazon EC2 or S3 [closed]
I am new to Amazon services so have no idea, whenever i ask some questions on forums , few recommend Amazon instead of VPS.
So i want to know is having Amazon EC2 or S3 is exact replacement of VPS. i ...
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Can I prevent Jungle Disk's “Compressing Backup Database” process from spiking my CPU?
Every time my scheduled backup runs, it spikes my CPU usage up to 100%, literally freezing everything else I'm doing.
It is only during the 'Compressing Backup Database' part of the backup process ...
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Amazon S3 - To Backup or Not to Backup
So heres a question: Should I back up my data if I store using S3 (not RRS) or does S3 already handle a good enough multiple site data replication redundancy?
If backing up is desired, I'd like to ...
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Can I use rsync for backing up at Amazon S3
I have bought some space from evbackup which provides me FTP, rsync and SSH.
But I have also read that Amazon S3 can also be used to backups.
So I am really confused that do Amazon give FTP access ...
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A company wide dropbox like system on top of Amazon S3
Is there a system that will provide dropbox like features on top of Amazon s3?
It would be used company wide, mostly for documents, recordings, etc...
Some users work on Microsoft Windows, others on ...
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Uploading files to S3 account from linux command prompt
I've got several large files sitting in my linux hosted account that I need to upload to my S3 account. I dont want to download them first and then upload it into S3.
Is there any way I can "upload" ...
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Transfer file to Amazon S3 from web server
How do I transfer a tarball from my web server (e.g. http://example.com/backup.tar.gz) to an Amazon S3 bucket? Do I have to download it locally and upload it?
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Tortoise SVN on Amazon S3
I would like to setup a Tortoise SVN repository on my Amazon S3 server. I know how to do the setup on my local machine, and I know how to do it on a server (virtual or nonvirtual) running windows. I ...
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Zip Multiple Text Files from Multiple Directories into One ZIP File in One Command in Bash
I have an account on AWS and I use S3 for storing data. I have commands that will enable me to zip data files like so:
data.zip s3_dir/level-1/level-2/*/*/data.txt
But there are, say, 50 or more ...
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What desktop app can sync Amazon S3 with an FTP folder?
What I'm trying to do is migrate large files off my web site to S3.
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Mac OS X automatic backup: launchd + s3cmd = «Error: Can't find a config file»
I want to setup automatic backup on schedule from my mac to amazone s3. I'm using for this purpose launchd + s3cmd.
s3cmd is working fine in terminal.app. But launchd can't run s3cmd. I see in ...
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Use personal Amazon S3 account to backup Gmail using Ubuntu
As question, I have found online that backupify offer shifting from their S3 to user's personal S3, I have a backupify account but I can't find this options, besides, I don't prefer having my email ...
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Using a script that uses Duplicity + S3 excluding large files
I'm trying to write an backup script that will exclude files over a certain size.
If i run the script duplicity gives an error. However if I copy and paste the same command generated by the script ...
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Auto-set permissions when uploading to Amazon S3 with Transmit 4 [closed]
Does anyone know how to auto-set the read permissions for "World" upon upload of a file to Amazon S3 with Transmit? It is currently a two step process in my workflow:
upload the file
change ...
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Setting up scripts in Amazon EC2 Cloud
I am currently running a few perl and python scripts on a windows pc and would like to port over to the Amazon EC2 servers running 64-bit LINUX. The scripts are basic web scrapers that go to a ...
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Encryption strategy for Amazon S3?
I'm running Windows and strongly considering using Amazon S3 to back up some of my more important data, but i'm having trouble coming up with a good encryption strategy. I'm a fan of Truecypt and use ...
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Backup software for Ubuntu - which one?
I have spent some time testing out different backup solutions for my small home office during the last weeks, but still haven't found anything that have been working out too well yet. We can ...
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Ubuntu: Backing up network files with duplicity?
I just installed Duplicity on Ubuntu and got everything working. However, when I try to backup a network samba-connected windows drive, The following occurs:
Backup source directory ...
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Any UK-based cloud solutions? [closed]
I'm looking for a cloud computing provider based in the UK. Can anyone recommend a suitable provider? Ideally with ssh access, fully configurable server, *nix preferable. (Essentially something like ...
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Is there the equivalent of cloud computing for modems?
I asked this question on SF, and someone recommended that I ask it on SO, and on SO, it was voted to be closed, and someone suggest that I post it here - (and so, the merry go round continues) - so ...
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Amazon S3/Cloudfront backup software for windows
Is there any (free?) backup solutions for Amazon Cloudfront / S3 out there that features scheduling in windows?
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What's your opinion in Amazon S3? [closed]
i searching for best online file storage and i found a lot with different features ... i feel that Amazon S3 is the best ...
Could any who try such a service give me his opinion on it and if is there ...
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Replacing Dropbox with: Amazon S3 + SSL + GPG/TrueCrypt + Mounting on OSX ??
So, right now we're using Dropbox to share various data files around between approximately 10 Mac OS X systems.
However, we already have an S3 account and everyone on the lowest Dropbox plan of ...
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What free method would you recommend for mounting an Amazon S3 bucket on OS X 10.6?
It seems s3fs is broken on Snow Leopard
( http://mark.aufflick.com/blog/2007/10/28/leopard-amazon-s3-network-storage )
Does anyone know of a free (and preferably open source) way to mount a bucket so ...
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Alternative to Amazon's S3 service? [closed]
Just wondering if there is good alternative to Amazon's S3 service? I like S3 but the bandwidth cost is high. I looked at CouldFiles from Rackspace but the cost is even higher.
I don't mind ...
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Can I rely on S3 to keep my data secure?
I want to back up sensitive personal data to S3 via an rsync-style interface. I'm currently using s3cmd - a great tool - but it doesn't yet support encrypted syncs. This means that while my data is ...
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All documents from S3 backup corrupted
Before I left for my trip I made a backup of all my important data to an Amazon S3 bucket. I also have a Citrix remote desktop to my disposal. Today I installed the citrix client and logged in to my ...
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Getting a Quicktime Movie to Stream Instead of Download
In the past, I've placed Quicktime movies on Amazon S3, and when a user loads the file's in Firefox (on OS X), the movie starts playing immediately, doing that pseudo streaming quicktime thing where ...
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Are whole VM images backed up on Amazon EC2/S3?
I've been trying to get my head around Amazon Web Services as a VPS provider. My understanding is a EC2 instance running Windows is basically a Windows VM, very similar to renting a VPS from a more ...
