Comments on: Jungle Disk: Online Backups Using Amazon S3

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:55:30 +0000

I was wondering, if I sign up for Amazon S3 now and start storing things on it say next month, will I be charged anything in that first month while nothing of mine is there?

From what I gather you shouldn't be charged anything.

Bill Minton wrote:

I’d suggest checking out S3Drive - http://www.suchwerk.net/sodcms.....3DRIVE.htm It’s free, and mounts a drive letter to S3 so you can use any copy/paste, batch file, etc. operations to backup/restore your data. I’ve been using it for probably close to a year now without issue.

That looks like a nice free solution. Thanks for mentioning it Bill.

MarkB wrote:

So I guess I’d say worth trying but make sure you check that the backups are working correctly.

That's the case without a lot of the backup software I use though. You can never guarantee that the backups will be processed because there could be connection issues and whatnot.

By: wolfe

wolfe — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:39:17 +0000

I don’t know..jungle disk interface looks pretty rudimentary and basic. Personally I feel a certain sense of reliability out of a sophisticated look. that S3Drive on the other hand looks neat.

By: MarkB

MarkB — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:43:16 +0000

It was buggy when I tried it so I’d consider it bleeding edge. If you visit the forums you’ll see many users that have issues with its reliability. So I guess I’d say worth trying but make sure you check that the backups are working correctly.

By: Verdican

Verdican — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:20:10 +0000

If anyone would like to find out more information about Jungle Disk, I suggest they listen to Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson Gibson interviewing the creator of Jungle Disk on a podcast known as ‘Security Now’. ([grc.com])

This is an awesome application, and anyone interested in Online Backups without using flimsy applications like Mozy should definitely try this out.

By: Bill Minton

Bill Minton — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:10:14 +0000

I’d suggest checking out S3Drive – [suchwerk.net]

It’s free, and mounts a drive letter to S3 so you can use any copy/paste, batch file, etc. operations to backup/restore your data. I’ve been using it for probably close to a year now without issue.

By: Max

Max — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:05:32 +0000

I was wondering, if I sign up for Amazon S3 now and start storing things on it say next month, will I be charged anything in that first month while nothing of mine is there?