Comments on: Storage or backup? http://www.accmanpro.com/2006/04/08/storage-or-backup/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: AccMan Pro - Dennis Howlett on innovation for professional accountants » Microsoft validates online storage http://www.accmanpro.com/2006/04/08/storage-or-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-916 AccMan Pro - Dennis Howlett on innovation for professional accountants » Microsoft validates online storage Fri, 21 Apr 2006 05:13:00 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=689#comment-916 [...] Microsoft validates online storage By Dennis Howlett Om Malik has the skinny on Microsoft validating online storage. That blows previous (hehe) discussions around this topic out the water. I had a take at the time. Om leaves this tantalizing question in the air: I have to wonder what impact it will have on dozens of online storage companies that are popping up all over the place? [...] [...] Microsoft validates online storage By Dennis Howlett Om Malik has the skinny on Microsoft validating online storage. That blows previous (hehe) discussions around this topic out the water. I had a take at the time. Om leaves this tantalizing question in the air: I have to wonder what impact it will have on dozens of online storage companies that are popping up all over the place? [...]

]]> By: David Tebbutt http://www.accmanpro.com/2006/04/08/storage-or-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-915 David Tebbutt Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:43:38 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=689#comment-915 Me again. Just been reading about <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/104-1175950-0176719?node=16427261" rel="nofollow">Amazon's S3</a> storage service. * Pay only for what you use. There is no minimum fee, and no start-up cost * $0.15 per GB-Month of storage used * $0.20 per GB of data transferred I recently (on another website) started getting 20gb+/day downloads. It only lasted a few days but the one thing we needed was a service provider that could expand to cope with the demand rather than penalise us by shutting us down. I'd much rather have bunged Amazon a few dollars than lose the people who were denied access to us during the downtime. This service seems ideal for people who have no idea how popular their bulky online materials (podcasts, program files, shared work in progress) are going to be. Me again. Just been reading about Amazon’s S3 storage service.

* Pay only for what you use. There is no minimum fee, and no start-up cost
* $0.15 per GB-Month of storage used
* $0.20 per GB of data transferred

I recently (on another website) started getting 20gb+/day downloads. It only lasted a few days but the one thing we needed was a service provider that could expand to cope with the demand rather than penalise us by shutting us down.

I’d much rather have bunged Amazon a few dollars than lose the people who were denied access to us during the downtime.

This service seems ideal for people who have no idea how popular their bulky online materials (podcasts, program files, shared work in progress) are going to be.

]]> By: David Tebbutt http://www.accmanpro.com/2006/04/08/storage-or-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-914 David Tebbutt Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:10:54 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=689#comment-914 So you're a man who's comfortable knowing that Telefonica sits between you and your valuable information? Cripes. They must be reliable. So you’re a man who’s comfortable knowing that Telefonica sits between you and your valuable information?

Cripes. They must be reliable.

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