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« on: 03. April 2013., 22:24:07 »FROM: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/040213-zoolz-268313.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_linux_2013-04-03
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"100GB of free cloud storage ... with a catch
Zoolz offers 'cold' storage service with a lot of free space
By Brandon Butler, Network World
April 02, 2013 12:58 PM ET
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Network World - A variety of cloud services offer free storage to get users signed up and on a path to become paying customers. Normally these free offers start at 2GB and range on up to maybe 10GB.
Zoolz, a new cloud storage services from online backup firm Genie9, is going beyond that and offering 100GB of free storage for a lifetime to the first 1 million users of its cloud-based service.
Sound too good to be true? Well there is a catch: Zoolz uses Amazon Web Services' Glacier, which is a "cold storage" service, meaning that files uploaded to Zoolz's cloud are not immediately retrievable. Users get an email within three to five hours of requesting the file alerting them that it is ready to be downloaded from the cloud.
Zoolz also offers a premium offering which does not use cold storage and provides instant access to cloud-based files. Zoolz uses Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) for that service, which starts at $20 per year for 100GB of storage."
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PARTIAL Copy-Paste:
"100GB of free cloud storage ... with a catch
Zoolz offers 'cold' storage service with a lot of free space
By Brandon Butler, Network World
April 02, 2013 12:58 PM ET
Share 0
Network World - A variety of cloud services offer free storage to get users signed up and on a path to become paying customers. Normally these free offers start at 2GB and range on up to maybe 10GB.
Zoolz, a new cloud storage services from online backup firm Genie9, is going beyond that and offering 100GB of free storage for a lifetime to the first 1 million users of its cloud-based service.
Sound too good to be true? Well there is a catch: Zoolz uses Amazon Web Services' Glacier, which is a "cold storage" service, meaning that files uploaded to Zoolz's cloud are not immediately retrievable. Users get an email within three to five hours of requesting the file alerting them that it is ready to be downloaded from the cloud.
Zoolz also offers a premium offering which does not use cold storage and provides instant access to cloud-based files. Zoolz uses Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) for that service, which starts at $20 per year for 100GB of storage."
VERY mixed karma... :s
devnullius