[SATLUG] Amazon Web Services (AWS) Simple Storage Service (S3)...

[John Pappas]

On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 11:06 -0600, Mark McCoy wrote:
> > Yeah.  Big advantage being that the normal *nix tools
> > (cp,tar,rsync,mv,etc) all work with it when mounted like a normal FS
> >
> 
> I've used the ssh FUSE module in the past, and it is seriously sweet,
> as long as you aren't doing intensive I/O on it.  I used it to mount
> up my home directory on my laptop so I can work in the living room
> while watching TV  ;)

Exactly! Since my Sprint data card (or really any "normal" wide area
connection) is not capable of huge IO anyway, it really eases handling
the call from my guys: "Have you seen this file yet?" when clearly I am
not in the office ;)

John