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Jungle Disk 3.1 with Public File Sharing

Friday, July 9th, 2010

The newest beta release of Jungle Disk, version 3.1, now includes public online disk sharing. Now, you can create new online disks and make them public, giving you the ability to share the data using a conventional URL.

This allows users to share files with others who many not necessarily be Jungle Disk users.

Since Jungle Disk uses Amazon S3 to store the data, public data accessed by external users will be charged to the creator’s account. Selecting Rackspace to host the files will not incur bandwidth charges, as Rackspace only charges for data stored, not bandwidth used.

Scott Gibson from Jungle Disk adds,

this feature is not designed to be leveraged as a CDN service. We do have limits in place to prevent excessive downloads and abusing the service.

Additional features added to beta release 3.1 includes the ability to change sub-account passwords and to be able to search through the list of servers (versus scrolling through them all).

Read our Jungle Disk review or download Jungle Disk now and try these features out for yourself.

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Use Mozy To Backup NAS Drives Workaround

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

I found this video today from Bob’s Tech Talk about how you can store data on a NAS and use Mozy to back it up.
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Google Online Backup

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

We mentioned yesterday that the GDrive has not arrived, and even if it had, online storage is not online backup. However, that got us thinking… could the ability to store any type of file within Google Docs be used as the storage mechanism for an online backup system?

We’ve seen it done before… CloudBerry backs up to Amazon S3, and JungleDisk uses S3 or Rackspace Cloud Files. These applications could easily be altered to write files to Google Docs, using Google’s own List Data API.

Would it make sense to use Google Docs as your online backup solution? Consider backing up 30 GB of files with 3 common systems:

Mozy: $5 / month, or $54.45 / year
Amazon S3: $30 for CloudBerry Online Backup, followed by $0.15 / GB / month for storing the files, and $0.17 / GB to upload the data = about $90 / year
Google: $20 / year

This is assuming only 1 version of a file is kept; as more versions are saved, you’ll need more disk space with Amazon S3 or Google, pushing up the cost.

While we’re one of the first to scream that the recent annoucement by Google is not an online backup solution, it’s something that could be developed with a little manipulation of current systems.

What do you think? Will Google announce an online backup solution in the future? Are you willing to give them more of your information?

Tags: Amazon S3, CloudBerry, GDrive, Google, Jungle Disk, Mozy
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Upload Free to Amazon S3

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Amazon Web Services If you’re thinking of backing up your data to Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) via JungleDisk or CloudBerry Online Backup, Amazon has announced free uploads from now until June 30th, 2010. Previously, uploads to S3 (Simple Storage Service) were charged $0.10 per GB. You’ll still pay for storage ($0.15 per GB) but you’ll save on uploads.

You’ll also save if you’re storing more than 500 TB with S3, but that’s a lot of data – much more than most home-users will use.

JungleDisk and CloudBerry are online backup services which allow users to store their data with Amazon S3. JungleDisk charges $2 per month to use their software, while CloudBerry Online Backup retails for $29.99.

Tags: Amazon S3, CloudBerry, Jungle Disk
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Jungle Disk Announces New Product Lineup

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Jungle Disk today announced two new online backup products, and revamped two existing ones. As if that weren’t enough, they decided to get a new logo and redesign their website, too.

Their personal storage product, Jungle Disk Desktop Edition 3.0, received a major update. The new backup engine is now faster than before.

The small business product, Jungle Disk Workgroup Edition 3.0, now supports synchronizing, also incorporates the new backup engine, and has an administrative control panel to manage corporate backups.

One of the new products released, Jungle Disk Simply Backup, is an attempt to make online backups simple. Jungle Disk provides many customizable features, maybe too many for some users, so the Simply Backup product looks to overcome the frustration novice users may face and make Jungle Disk backups simple.

Finally, Jungle Disk Server Edition has been released, filling the need to backup Windows and Linux servers, while allowing the control of these backups & restores from any desktop computer.

Congratulations to Jungle Disk on the new releases & major updates!

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Storage Costs of Jungle Disk vs SpiderOak

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Christian, over at ianalis ~geek unwired, did some research and then followed up with a blog post comparing the storage costs of Jungle Disk versus SpiderOak. His conclusion: