Showing posts with label Storage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Storage. Show all posts

Introducing AWS Import/Export for Physical Data Transfer for Backup

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If you have large amounts of data to load and an Internet connection with limited bandwidth, That would be too time consuming. There are alternatives available like Mozy which gives you chipper option to storage your files but if you have too large amount of data then uploading and restoring can take time. To solve this problem Amazone simple storage service introduce AWS Import/ Export beta

The concept is to back up your 100 GB of drive in Amazone, Process goes like this
  • After that Email data loading instructions to AWS in a simple manifest file that includes your Amazon S3 bucket, AWS Access Key ID, and return shipping address. You’ll receive an e-mail back with a unique identifier for the job.
  • Securely identify and authenticate the device by digitally signing your manifest file and job identifier with your AWS Secret Access Key and placing that signature file on the device.
  • Ship your device along with its interface connectors, power supply and a packing slip to AWS.
  • When your package arrives at AWS, it will be processed and securely transferred to an AWSAWS Import/Export station.
  • Your data load typically begins the next business day after arrival at AWS.
  • After the data load completes, the device will be detached and returned to you via standard ground shipping.
Acording to Amazone the time required to prepare and ship a portable storage device to AWS can be a small percentage of the time it would take to transfer your data over the Internet. If loading your data over the Internet would take a week or more, you should consider using AWS Import/Export.

AWS Import/Export accelerates moving large amounts of data into and out of AWS using portable storage devices for transport. AWS transfers your data directly onto and off of storage devices using Amazon’s high-speed internal network and bypassing the Internet. For significant data sets, AWS Import/Export is often faster than Internet transfer and more cost effective than upgrading your connectivity. The limited beta currently supports importing data into Amazon S3 buckets in the US. Support for export and EU buckets will be added in the coming months.

Right now Amazon charging $80.00 per storage device handled so it is advisable that you use large storage device for back up instead of many mini storage devices plus $2.49 per data-loading-hour. Partial data-loading-hours are billed as full hours. so for 100 GB of data back up would take round about $85 you can use the calculator for cost counting. However Data transferred between AWS Import/Export and Amazon S3 is free of charge

Now something happen to your local data storage so to get back the back up you can back it up via web but if you have a large amount of data then Amazon can transfer the data to a portable storage device and deliver it to your home.


500 gigabytes (GB) of data in One Disk ! !

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If I ask you, which disk provides mega capacity to hold your favorite data then probably your answer would be Blu-ray discs, which are used to store high definition movies and games, can currently hold between 25GB and 50GB. but now General Electric unveiled a disc that can store 500 gigabytes (GB) of data, equivalent to 100 DVDs beyond Blu ray capacity.

GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company, today announced a major breakthrough in the development of next generation optical storage technology. GE researchers have successfully demonstrated a threshold micro-holographic storage material that can support 500 gigabytes of storage capacity in a standard DVD-size disc. This is equal to the capacity of 20 single-layer Blu-ray discs, 100 DVDs or the hard drive for a large desktop computer.

GE’s micro-holographic discs will be able to be read and recorded on systems very similar to a typical Blu-ray or DVD player. Holographic storage is different from today’s optical storage formats like DVDs and Blu-ray discs. DVDs and Blu-ray discs store information only on the surface of the disc; holographic storage technology uses the entire volume of the disc material. Holograms, or three-dimensional patterns that represent bits of information, are written into the disc and can then be read out. Although GE’s holographic storage technology represents a breakthrough in capacity, the hardware and formats are so similar to current optical storage technology that the micro-holographic players will enable consumers to play back their CDs, DVDs and BDs.

The GE team successfully recorded micro-holographic marks approaching one percent reflectivity with a diameter of approximately one micron. When using standard DVD or Blu-ray disc optics, the scaled down marks will have sufficient reflectivity to enable over 500 GB of total capacity in a CD-size disc.

“GE’s breakthrough is a huge step toward bringing our next generation holographic storage technology to the everyday consumer,” said Brian Lawrence, who leads GE’s Holographic Storage program. “Because GE’s micro-holographic discs could essentially be read and played using similar optics to those found in standard Blu-ray players, our technology will pave the way for cost-effective, robust and reliable holographic drives that could be in every home. The day when you can store your entire high definition movie collection on one disc and support high resolution formats like 3-D television is closer than you think.”

“GE’s holographic storage program has turned the corner, and with this milestone we can now intensify our efforts in commercialization opportunities,” said Bill Kernick, who leads GE’s Technology Ventures team. “We’ll continue to engage with a variety of strategic partners to create the best route from product development to introduction into the marketplace.”

The micro-holographic disc, which is the same size as existing DVD discs, is aimed at the archive industry But the company believes it can eventually be used in the consumer market place and home players.