CloudBerry Backup add-in for WHS code name Vail is released to beta

We are excited to announce that  CloudBerry Backup add-in for Windows Home Server code name Vail is available for beta testing.

Here is a screenshot.



It comes with exactly the same feature set as the previous version of CloudBerry Backup add-in:


    * Easy installation and configuration
    * Seemlesly integrates with WHS control panel
    * Default backup plan is designed to quickly start WHS data backup
    * Scheduling capabilities
    * Data encryption
    * Data retention schedule
    * Secure online storage
    * Data versioning
    * Differential backup
    * The ability to restore to a particular date
    * Backup verification
    * Backup Window
    * Automatically delete files from online storage if the were deleted locally
    * Backup to Multiple S3 accounts/buckets


Here is a direct download link

All existing customers will be able to upgrade their existing add-ins for free.

We are also going to make an add-in for the next version of Windows Small Business Server code name Aurora which is based on the same WHS technology.

How to set Reduced Redundancy storage class with PowerShell and CloudBerry S3 Explorer

Note: this post applies to CloudBerry Explorer 2.6 and later. 

As always we are adding features that our customers are requesting. This time we decided to add new PowerShell command that will help automate the way you apply storage class to Amazon S3 objects. Many users like to update their existing objects and set Reduced Redundancy storage class to benefit from reduced storage costs.

Check out here for more info how CloudBerry Explorer supports Reduced Redundancy Storage. We have introduced the new command that will help with setting storage class to an object 

Set-CloudStorageClass

Here is an example how you can set RRS the storage class to an object

$s3 = Get-CloudS3Connection -Key $key -Secret $secret

$bucket = $s3 | Select-CloudFolder -Path $bucketname

$item = $bucket | Get-CloudItem $itemname

$item | Set-CloudStorageClass -StorageClass rrs

Here is an example how you can set the RRS storage to all text files in a specified folder:

$s3 = Get-CloudS3Connection -Key $key -Secret $secret

$bucket = $s3 | Select-CloudFolder -Path $bucketname

$folder = $bucket | Get-CloudItem $foldername

$folder | Set-CloudStorageClass -Filter *.txt -StorageClass rrs

If you want to set the RRS storage class for new objects while copying them to S3 use the following command that have been extended with the StorageClass parameter:

$src | Copy-CloudItem $destination -filter "results.xls" -StorageClass rrs

As always we would be happy to hear your feedback and you are welcome to post a comment.

CloudBerry S3 Explorer is a Windows freeware product that helps managing Amazon S3 storage and CloudFront . You can download it at http://cloudberrylab.com/

CloudBerry S3 Explorer PRO is a Windows program that helps managing Amazon S3 storage and CloudFront . You can download it at http://pro.cloudberrylab.com/ It is priced at $39.99  

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Amazon S3 Multi-Part Upload and CloudBerry S3 Explorer

Note: this post applies to CloudBerry Explorer 2.6 and later.

As always we are trying to stay on top of the new functionality offered by Amazon S3  to offer the most compelling Amazon S3 and CloudFront client on Windows platform.

With this release we are introducing support for Multi-Part Upload. This exciting new feature allows you to break large files into smaller parts (chunks) and upload them in any sequence.  We think that this is most important enhancement to Amazon S3 service this year. (The second important enhancement has been the versioning support)

With Multipart Upload you can:

1.       Make data upload more reliable, we need to re-upload only failed chunks, not the whole file.

2.       Make data upload faster by breaking down the files into chunks we can upload the in multiple thread efficiently utilizing available network bandwidth

3.       You can also pause and resume uploads.

To turn on multi-part upload go to the corresponding tab in the Tools | Options menu and make sure that use Multipart Upload option is on.

Everything else is happening transparently.  The file is broken down and sent to S3 as a number of parts. Once all parts arrive the file becomes available.

You will also have an option to Pause and Resume large uploads.

Special note for our existing users, who use CloudBerry Explorer chunking: with addition of native Multipart Upload we are deprecating CloudBerry Explorer Chunking mechanism.  It is going to be supported for backward compatibility so that you can retrieve the files from S3 that have been split using CloudBerry Explorer chunking. All new files will only use Amazon Multipart Upload.

Note for CloudBerry Backup users: we are going to add a support for Multipart Upload by the end of this year.  We are also going to deprecate Advanced Mode that uses CloudBerry Chunking mechanism. What’s more we will also deprecate CloudBerry Versioning support and replace it with Amazon S3 native Versioning.  This way we will try to fulfill our strategy to offer the product that doesn’t lock in the users to any specific data format and / or tool. You will always be able to retrieve your data using other Amazon S3 clients. 

As always we would be happy to hear your feedback and you are welcome to post a comment.

CloudBerry S3 Explorer is a Windows freeware product that helps managing Amazon S3 storage and CloudFront . You can download it at http://cloudberrylab.com/

CloudBerry S3 Explorer PRO is a Windows program that helps managing Amazon S3 storage and CloudFront . You can download it at http://pro.cloudberrylab.com/ It is priced at $39.99  

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Introducing CloudFront Manger

Note: this post applies to CloudBerry Explorer PRO 2.5.1 and later.

As always we are trying to stay on top of the new functionality offered by Amazon S3  to offer the most compelling Amazon S3 and CloudFront client on Windows platform.  In the release we are adding the support for CloudFront Custom origin and CloudFront Manager. With this feature, customers can use any origin server they own giving them more flexibility in their use of Amazon CloudFront. 

In the previous versions of CloudBerry S3 Explorer  you were limited to creating one distribution per bucket. However CloudFront API allows you to create several distributions. We decided to get rid of this limitation and introduce CloudFront Manger – a single place where you can manage every aspect of CloudFront distributions for your account. Note, that CloudFront Manager is a PRO only feature.  

You can run CloudFront Manager from the main program menu.

With CloudFront Manager you can

1.       Create HTTP/ Streaming distributins

2.       Create Custom Origin distributions

3.       Create Private Content distributions

4.       Setup root documents

5.       Invalidate content

6.       Setup logging

7.       Setup mulitple distributions per bucket

8.       Get one glance overview of all the distributions in your account.

As always we would be happy to hear your feedback and you are welcome to post a comment.

CloudBerry S3 Explorer is a Windows freeware product that helps managing Amazon S3 storage and CloudFront . You can download it at http://cloudberrylab.com/

CloudBerry S3 Explorer PRO is a Windows program that helps managing Amazon S3 storage and CloudFront . You can download it at http://pro.cloudberrylab.com/ It is priced at $39.99  

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CloudBerry Backup for Windows Home Server code name Vail is coming

We are excited to announce that we are working on CloudBerry Backup add-in for Windows Home Server code name Vail. Here is a screenshot of what we are doing.

We are also going to make an add-in for the next version of Windows Small Business Server code name Aurora which is based on the same WHS technology. All existing customers will be able to upgrade their existing add-ins for free.

CloudFront custom origin and CloudBerry S3 Explorer

Note: this post applies to CloudBerry Explorer 2.5.1 and later.

As always we are trying to stay on top of the new functionality offered by Amazon S3  to offer the most compelling Amazon S3 and CloudFront client on Windows platform.  In the release we are adding the support for CloudFront Custom origin. With this feature, customers can use any origin server they own giving them more flexibility in their use of Amazon CloudFront. 

To specify a Custom Origin option, first go to the new CloudFront Manager.  CloudFront  | CloudFront Manager in the program menu.

 

Select the AWS account and click New Distribution to run CloudFront Distribution Wizard.

 

On the Origin and CNAME step choose Custom Origin option. Specify your domain name in the DNS field and specify the ports if they differ from the default ones. Finish the wizard specifying other options. This is all configurations you need to get started with the new option.  

Note: CloudFront Manager and the ability to configure Custom Origin is PRO only feature.

As always we would be happy to hear your feedback and you are welcome to post a comment.

CloudBerry S3 Explorer is a Windows freeware product that helps managing Amazon S3 storage and CloudFront . You can download it at http://cloudberrylab.com/

CloudBerry S3 Explorer PRO is a Windows program that helps managing Amazon S3 storage and CloudFront . You can download it at http://pro.cloudberrylab.com/ It is priced at $39.99  

Like our products? Please help us spread the word about them. Learn here how to do it.

Want to get CloudBerry Explorer PRO for FREE? Make a blog post about us!