DreamObjects is our cloud storage product we’ve touted since January. More specifically, it’s object storage, which is a bit different than “standard” storage you’d use at home or work. Some of the features of object storage that make it unique are that it doesn’t provide a file system and that it’s generally accessed via an [...]
Seldom have the stars aligned in my life so perfectly to help me make a point: back up your stuff NOW! I’ll refrain from pummeling you with [too many] catastrophic loss scenarios, stories about not so funny practical jokes, and cute mammalian imagery, but drawing on the themes of the season is certainly helpful. Hopping along, [...]
“A good backup system should be a lot like a butler: reliant, always present but invisible until needed. DreamObjects from DreamHost is the brain that powers our Jeeves.” I’m not kidding, not making it up, that’s how creative our DreamHost customers are! Otu Ekanem, Co-founder & CTO of minilogs likens the service to the consumate [...]
The other day I was talking with my wife and she revealed a dirty little secret. She had not backed up the pictures on her phone or camera since our daughter was born in August. Meet Chloe! It’s really more my fault than hers, I’m the one that works with technology professionally and I certainly [...]
Back in September we took the wraps off of a neat little project we’d been working on for quite some time. In fact, some of you have been using it since those early days! DreamObjects is, of course, our object-based storage offering. Designed from the ground-up to be API-compatible with both Amazon’s S3 and OpenStack [...]
“It appears from these studies that humans are predisposed to cooperation and generosity, and only become selfish when they take time to think about the situation.” This is a quote from an Ars Technica article. Reading the article (go read it!) made me think about how the idea applies to software, and more [...]
Today marks a big milestone for DreamHost – the beta launch of our latest cloud service, DreamCompute! Our development and engineering teams have worked hard on this next generation public cloud computing service for the last year, and we’re now ready to invite customers to sign up to try it out. We’ll be gradually letting [...]