[fuse-devel] ANNOUNCE: S3QL, a file system that stores all its data on Amazon S3

[Nikolaus R. <Nik...@ra...>]

Hello,

I am pleased to announce that S3QL has reached a point where others can
look at it.

S3QL is a Linux file system that stores all its data on Amazon S3. It
effectively allows you to use S3 as a harddisk with infinite capacity
that can be accessed from any computer with internet access. S3QL is
not a network file system though, it can only be mounted on one
computer at a time.

S3QL provides full-fledged POSIX file system semantics. The file
contents are stored in individual S3 objects (for large files, the
contents are split into several S3 objects with a configurable block
size). The filesystem metadata (file names, locations, permissions,
etc) is managed in a database and stored in one single additional S3
object.


For more information please take a look at http://code.google.com/p/s3ql/.


I would be grateful for any comments, questions and bug reports.


Best,

   -Nikolaus

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