ElephantDrive

Infobox Software
name = ElephantDrive



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developer = ElephantDrive Inc.
released = April 2006
operating system = Windows: Vista, XP, 2000 / Mac: Mac OS X
language = English
license = Proprietary
website = [http://www.ElephantDrive.com www.ElephantDrive.com]

ElephantDrive is a storage virtualization service used primarily as an online backup toolcite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140026-c,storage/article.html|author=Waring, Becky|work=Business Center|publisher=PC World|title=Choose The Right Backup for Your Business] cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2007/11/20/2007-11-20_online__flashdrive_storage_backs_up_disa.html|author=Aarons, Asa|work=Ask Asa|publisher=NY Daily News|title=Online & flash-drive storage backs up disaster 'grab box'] cite web|url=http://startupsquad.com/2007/03/14/online-storage-innovator-elephantdesktop/
author=Puri, Vivek|publisher=StartUpSquad|title=Online Storage Innovator] , but also as a remote access service/collaboration toolcite web|url=http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/software_for_virtual_teams.php|author=Iskold, Alex|publisher=ReadWriteWeb|title=Software for Virtual Teams] . The service runs on both Windows and Mac platforms, and allows users to create simple automated rules for protecting data by moving it into an ElephantDrive account.

ElephantDrive makes use of infrastructure-on-demand as part of its architecture, and is one of the first and most popular examples of the applications built on Amazon's S3 (Simple Storage Service)cite web|url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/12/amazon-releases-early-info-on-s3-storage-use/
author=Kirkpatrick, Marshall|publisher=TechCrunch|title=Amazon releases early info on S3 storage use] . ElephantDrive initially utilized Amazon S3 as a tool for a datacenter migration, but quickly moved it into the production infrastructurecite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=206912011|work=Amazon Web Services Success Stories|publisher=Amazon|title=Success Story: ElephantDrive] .

References

ee also

*List of online backup services

External links

* [http://www.elephantdrive.com/ Official site]