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Jungle Disk 2.0 released
A while back, we asked for reader feedback for off-site backup solutions. Unsurprisingly, many of you said you used Jungle Disk which is a disk-based utility that allows for easy backup to Amazon's S3 storage platform. S3 is inexpensive, efficient and Amazon's servers are fast, which makes it a great tool to use for either server or local drive backups. However, if you don't want to stare at the command line or grapple with a web interface, especially for automated backups, Jungle Disk is a tremendous time savor.
Today, Jungle Disk released version 2.0 of their software for Windows, Mac and Linux. You can read the release notes, but here are some highlights:
- Brand new interface that makes setting up the service easier than ever and a very intuitive back-up selection utility
- Support for Jungle Disk 2.0 buckets and compatibility buckets
- Support for European S3 buckets
- Support for multiple backups and independent scheduling
- Previous versions feature
- Improved performance
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