Amazon S3, the online storage service from the mega-retailer, has been
on my radar for a couple of months, but unless I'm mistaken,
JungleDisk is the first desktop-based (rather than web-based) app that takes advantage of the service. Basically, JungleDisk integrates S3 storage with Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux allowing you to manage files stored on the service as though they were ordinary files on a regular hard drive. JungleDisk's intended use is for backing up important files and transferring files between computers, and the web site has a handy calculator for figuring out the cost depending on your use. Want 20GB of storage and 2GB transfer? $3.40/mo. Want 500MB of storage and 2GB transfer? $0.48/mo. Apart from Amazon's fees, JungleDisk itself is free.
Tags: amazon, aws, backup, freeware, jungledisk, online, s3, storage
