How to setup Object Expiration with CloudBerry S3 Explorer

As always we are adding features to make it easier for our customers to use the functionality to offer the most compelling Amazon S3 , CloudFront and IAM client on Windows platform.

Object Expiration is a new Amazon S3 feature that can be used when there are objects within a bucket that have a predefined lifetime.  On a bucket, a customer can define a set of rules that states given a prefix (or specific key) that the object(s) under this prefix should have a lifetime of a specified number of days.

New version of CloudBerry S3 Explorer comes with a full support for Object Expiration. To set up a new Object Expiration policy click on a bucket and select Object Expiration from the context menu

You can view the list of existing Object Expiration Policies in a bucket

you can create a new Object Expiration Policy by Clicking Add button. On the screen above we are creating a policy to delete the objects older than 20 days that are located in "files" folder.

You can also update and temporary disable the rules.

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Note: this post applies to CloudBerry Explorer 3.2.2 and later.

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://www.cloudberrylab.com/free 

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

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Introducing CloudBerry Explorer for OpenStack and RackSpace

We are increasing the breadth of cloud storage support and we are proud to announce CloudBerry Explorer for OpenStack Object Storage .  

What is OpenStack?

OpenStack Object Storage (code-named Swift) is open source software for creating redundant, scalable object storage using clusters of standardized servers to store petabytes of accessible data. One of the most successful implementation of OpenStack storage is RackSpace CloudFiles  

How CloudBerry Explorer supports OpenStack

First, you register your OpenStack Account.

Once you register your account you can do usual file operations such create folders, copy/move files between OpenStak Object Storage and your local computers. You can also copy files between two OpenStack  accounts.

RackSpace support

To make it easier for the RackSpace users we have added an option to register RackSpace CloudFiles accounts. This is also important as CloudFiles come with some advanced functionality not available in the OpenStack core such as CDN support.

Features

• Register and connect to any number of OpenStack accounts
• Work with any number of OpenStack accounts simultaneously
• Create, browse, and delete OpenStack files
• Create, browse, and delete folders
• Copy and move files between OpenStack and your local computer
• Create Containers
• List Containers
• Update container metadata
• Delete Containers
• Upload/ Download files
• Copy/ Move files
• Delete files
• Rename files
• View files
• Generate URL for files
• View files properties
• Copy/Move in background
• Synchronize folders
• Storage Capacity reports
• Copy files from Windows Explorer
• Remember user settings
• Built-in feedback form
• Automated check for updates

What’s next

One thing that have been left over in the first release is that ability to configure RackSpace CDN. This is going to become available in the next release. As always we are going to gather user feedback and incorporate it into the product before final release.  

We are also going to implement a PowerShell interface for OpenStack Object Storage to help users automate their routine tasks.

There are even more exciting features coming. Stay tuned!

CloudBerry Explorer for OpenStack Freeware is a windows program, and you can download it at http://www.cloudberrylab.com/free-openstack-storage-explorer.aspx

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Introducing Continuous Real-time Backup (CDP)

CloudBerry S3 Backup is a powerful Windows program that automate backup and restore processes to Amazon S3 cloud storage.

As always we are trying to make what works best for our customers and in the newer release we are introducing  a Real-time backup option which is also know in the industry as Continuous Data Protection (CDP). With this feature every change to the files will be captured automatically and you don't need to set up a separate schedule for the backup. The software will automatically look for new and modified files and send the copies to the cloud storage in the background.

To enable Real-time backup simple open Backup Wizard and go all the way to the Schedule step. On this step now you have an option to choose Real-time backup instead of the schedule.

Under the hood the changes are captured instantly but the data is uploaded to Cloud storage every 10 minutes. This is a default behavior and you can change that in the options.

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

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

CloudBerry Backup is a Windows program that leverages Amazon S3 storage. You can download it at http://www.cloudberrylab.com/backup. It comes with onetime fee of $29.99 (US) per copy.

CloudBerry Backup for WHS is a Windows Home Server add-in that leverages Amazon S3 storage. You can download it at http://www.cloudberrylab.com/whs. It comes with onetime fee of $29.99 (US) per copy.

CloudBerry Backup Server Edition.  is a Windows program designed to run in server environment that leverages Amazon S3 storage. You can download it at http://www.cloudberrylab.com/server. It comes with onetime fee of $79.99 (US) per copy.

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CloudBerry Explorer: Announcing AWS Sao Paolo region support

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.  Following Amazon announcement on this release we are introducing the support for the new AWS South America (Sao Paolo) region support.

Now you have an option to create buckets in the new Sao Paolo (sa-east-1)region

Special note for CloudBerry Backup customers:  New AWS region in Sao Paolo support is coming later this week.

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Note: this post applies to CloudBerry Explorer 3.2 and later.

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://www.cloudberrylab.com/free 

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

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CloudBerry Explorer - Favorites

As always we are adding features to make it easier for our customers to use the functionality to offer the most compelling Amazon S3 , CloudFront and IAM client on Windows platform.

With this release we are adding a feature that makes it easier to work with the folders and buckets you use on a regular basis. The feature is called Favorites and it remind the Favorites feature in the web browsers. You can select a certain bucket (with the path) and a certain folder  to create a Favorites entry and then quickly navigate to it when needed. This is especially useful when you have many accounts with many buckets.

To create a Favorite entry click a Star button on the toolbar as shown on the screen below.  you can optionally store a current folder in another pane by clicking Save target also checkbox.

To navigate to the Favorite folder or bucket just click the following button on the toolbar and select an entry  you need from the list.

If you want to remove an entry just click the start button next to it and click Remove button in the pop-up dialog.

Note: In the freeware version of CloudBerry Explorer you can store up to 3 Favorites entry. In the PRO version it is unlimited.

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Note: this post applies to CloudBerry Explorer 3.2 and later.

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://www.cloudberrylab.com/free 

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

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CloudBerry Explorer: Multi-Object Delete support

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.  Following Amazon announcement on this release we are introducing the support for Multi-Object Delete.

Multi-Object Delete is a feature that Amazon S3 is launching to help customers who need to delete more than 1 object from their Amazon S3 bucket.  The Multi-Object Delete enables users to specify up to 1000 objects to be deleted within a single request.

CloudBerry Explorer v 3.2 comes with a full support for  Multi-Object Delete. There is no much changes in the user interface. Simply select multiple objects and click delete. A single request will get sent to the server rather than a number of requests making the whole process more efficient.

 If you have more than 1000 objects to delete several batches will get created up to 1000 objects each. you can also delete a folder with files (objects) and other subfolders and even the whole bucket.

Special note for CloudBerry Backup customers:  Multi Object Delete support is coming in the next release.


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Note: this post applies to CloudBerry Explorer 3.2 and later.

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

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