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Unit 11: Collaborating on Database Storage and Sharing Files

11.4.1 Amazon S3 Notes

Amazon S3 is storage for the internet. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for
developers.

Amazon S3 provides a simple web services interface that can be used to store and retrieve any
amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web. It gives any developer access to the
same highly scalable, reliable, secure, fast, inexpensive infrastructure that Amazon uses to run
its own global network of websites. The service aims to maximize benefits of scale and to pass
those benefits on to developers.

11.4.2 Egnyte

Egnyte Cloud File Server brings unprecedented file sharing, large file transfer, collaboration
and backup capabilities. With the addition of breakthrough Local Cloud technology, Egnyte
enables fast local file access and offline access.

Egnyte’s customers come from a wide variety of industries which include information
technology, information services, semiconductors, financial institutions, education,
entertainment, music, furniture, health, food and beverage, clothiers, law firms, financial services,
marketing, web design, accounting, real estate and mortgage, medical, pharmaceutical,
start-ups, non-profit organizations and more. Egnyte supports customers across USA, Canada,
Europe and Asia, with data centres on the east and west coasts of the United States, and in
Western Europe.

11.4.3 ElephantDrive

ElephantDrive makes use of infrastructure-on-demand as part of its architecture.

Did u know? ElephantDrive is one of the first and most popular examples of the applications
built on Amazon’s S3 (Simple Storage Service).
ElephantDrive initially utilized Amazon S3 as a tool for a datacenter migration, but quickly
moved it into the production infrastructure. ElephantDrive is a service which allows users to
perform scheduled and real-time data backup from the QNAP Turbo NAS to ElephantDrive
cloud storage. Users can manage the backup tasks and restore the data to the NAS via the web-
based management interface (http://www.elephantdrive.com/qnap/).
Key Features
1. Back up an unlimited number of desktops or servers

2. Access your data from any computer with Internet access
3. Protect your data with AES 256-bit military grade encryption
4. Share your files with friends, family, coworkers or clients

5. Rest assured your data is safely stored in multiple geographic locations
6. Schedule your backups to occur weekly daily, hourly or continuously.

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