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Amazon S3 is a service that provides internet storage to complement developers and newer web-based businesses. Standing for "Simple Storage Service," Amazon promotes S3 as a cost effective method of attaining online infrastructure without renting servers or buying hard drive space. The storage system utilizes the same systems that facilitate Amazon's own websites, allowing users to store and access data as if it were kept on their own hardware. Official Site: Amazon S3
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Fast Facts
- Service launched March 14, 2006Techcrunch: Amazon Grid Storage Web Service Launches
- U.S. pricing: $0.15/GB-month storage usedOfficial Site: Amazon S3
- European Pricing: $0.18/GB-monthAmazon.com: [1]
- Amazon guarantees 99.99% uptimeOfficial Site: Amazon S3
- Uses REST and SOAP for simple interfacing.
- Store files in sets as large as 5GB
- Users only pay for the data and bandwidth they use
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The Crash
On February 15, 2008, Amazon S3 suffered a large crash that crippled many of the websites that rely upon its infrastructure.Roughtype: Why S3 failed Web businesses like Smugmug and Twitter rely on S3 for storage and found the service unresponsive.Techcrunch: Amazon Web Services Goes Down, Takes Many Startup Sites With It Amazon explained the outage, which lasted about two and a half hours, as the result of too many authentication requests coming into one of their data centers.Roughtype: Why S3 failed -
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God, it's gone midnight already. For Brits at bedtime: http://s3fm.co.uk/permanentbedtime
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S3-repost Web-browser-based #S3 file browser: http://www.s3fm.com #aws: Web-browser-based #S3 file bro.. http://bit.ly/38888Y
@AmazonS3S3 | November 05, 2009 11:12 AM -
Thinking setting up your own streaming radio station is hard. Think again. Enjoy: http://s3fm.co.uk
@dugla | October 31, 2009 07:19 PM
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View All Amazon S3 Questions (350) | Ask a QuestionAnyone using Amazon's S3 service? (1 Answer)Yes. Indirectly. I use SmugMug.com which is one of the many services that use Amazon S3 for storage. I was under the impression that services such as smugmug and other ... read moreWhere are Amazon S3s data centers? (1 Answer)It doesn't look like they want to give up what cities those might be in. Everything they put out says "multiple data center" Doing a bit more digging, I found ... read moreGodaddy Virtual Dedicated Server vs. Amazon EC2 vs. Rackspace Mosso, which is better for a startup and why? (4 Answers)You choice of web host depends on how demanding your web application is, and how much traffic you expect. "Shared Hosting" - which is what you are getting via GoDaddy, ... read more
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