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S3QL is a file system that stores all its data online using storage
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services like Google Storage, Amazon S3, or OpenStack. S3QL
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effectively provides a hard disk of dynamic, infinite capacity that
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can be accessed from any computer with internet access running
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2015-09-09 20:53:41 +02:00
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Linux, FreeBSD or OS-X.
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S3QL is a standard conforming, full featured UNIX file system that is
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conceptually indistinguishable from any local file system. Furthermore,
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S3QL has additional features like compression, encryption, data
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de-duplication, immutable trees and snapshotting which make it especially
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suitable for online backup and archival.
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S3QL is designed to favor simplicity and elegance over performance and
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feature-creep. Care has been taken to make the source code as readable and
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serviceable as possible. Solid error detection and error handling have
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been included from the very first line, and S3QL comes with extensive
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automated test cases for all its components.
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