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Diving Deep on S3 Consistency

All Things Distributed

I recently posted about Amazon S3 and how it’s evolved over the last 15 years since we launched the service in 2006 as “storage for the internet.” ” We built S3 because we knew customers wanted to store backups, videos, and images for applications like e-commerce web sites.

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Happy 15th Birthday Amazon S3 -- the service that started it all

All Things Distributed

Back when S3 launched on March 14, 2006 (also known as “Pi Day” to some), iPhones didn’t exist, neither did tweets or likes, Facebook was still only used by a few colleges and universities, and you couldn’t hail a ride or order lunch with an app. We had images for products sold on Amazon.com, video files, etc.,

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NAS Network Storage for the Home and Advice for Device.

Social, Agile and Transformation

NAS Network Storage for the Home and Advice for Device Manufacturers. I expect that there will be a boom in storage device and services for the home market over the next couple of years. People are already consuming larger amounts of disk for audio, video, and images. In my case, I just needed more storage. ► May.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Announcing Windows Storage Server 2008.

Sean Daniel

Announcing Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. This morning, building on the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Announcement , we are announcing a new edition targeted at Small Business called Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. What is this Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials? SeanDaniel.com [tech].

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Windows Server Codename ?Aurora? Video.

Sean Daniel

Windows Server Codename “Aurora” Video Walkthrough. Wow, over on WeGotServed , Terry found an awesome video that talks about Aurora from our very own Michael Leworthy, product planner for SBS. Labels: Aurora , Beta Announcement , SBS 2011 Essentials , Small Business Server , Videos. it's also a great video!

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Introducing a new line of Network Storage.

Sean Daniel

Introducing a new line of Network Storage Servers for SMB. Only yesterday, a third product that I worked on over the past little while called Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials was announced, on hardware provided by Western Digital. Labels: Backup , NAS , SBS 2011 Essentials , Storage Server Essentials , Training and Awareness.

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Storage Wars: Dispelling the Myth of Flash Economics

Data Center Knowledge

Storage Wars: Dispelling the Myth of Flash Economics. Storage Wars: Dispelling the Myth of Flash Economics. Director of Field Marketing at Virident , a performance leader in flash-based storage-class memory (SCM) solutions. Storage Causes the Bottleneck. We must dispel a myth about storage costs, particularly for flash.

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