Google Drive is a nice cloud storage service. It provides a suite of nice online document spreadsheet and slide editors Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Slides. The collaborative editing and full history tracking features of Google Docs are excellent. Google Drive gives 16GB free storage which is pretty much larger compared to other free […]
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How to get the metadata of an AWS S3 object?
I upload files using the aws cli http://www.systutorials.com/239665/uploading-large-files-amazon-s3-aws-cli/ . But how to get the metadata of an object in AWS S3? You can use the s3api‘s head-object command to get the metadata of an object. Taking one example: $ aws s3api head-object –bucket test-hkust –key dir2/fileupload/fb0c6353-a90c-4522-9355-7cd16cf756ff.file.txt It will print results like { “AcceptRanges”: “bytes”, “ContentType”: […]
Maximum size of S3 objects?
What is the maximum size of objects that I can store on Amazon S3? Now (Apr. of 2014), the limitation is 4TB. Before, Dec. 2010, it was 5GB. Reference: http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2010/12/amazon-s3-object-size-limit.html But be aware that the 10,000 part limit still applies. Answered by Eric Z Ma.
Quick method to sniff the data left on a Linux VM in the public cloud
VM disks in public cloud may be shared by customers. This is privacy problem. Is there a quick method to sniff the data left on a Linux VM? One possible method: # dd if=/dev/xvda bs=1M | strings -n 100 > strings.txt Using the dd and strings which are pervasive on Linux systems. Answered by anonymous.
Uploading Large Files to Amazon S3 with AWS CLI
Amazon S3 is a widely used public cloud storage system. S3 allows an object/file to be up to 5TB which is enough for most applications. The AWS Management Console provides a Web-based interface for users to upload and manage files in S3 buckets. However, uploading a large files that is 100s of GB is not […]
