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 [...]
A whirlwind tour through the various storage technologies used by DreamHost over the years. These days we’re hoping to change how people think about storage by introducing them to Ceph. Ceph is a distributed object store and filesystem designed to provide excellent performance, reliability, and scalability. This talk will describe the Ceph architecture and the [...]
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, [...]
Someone’s got to dive into design at DreamHost. In this case, it’s me. At the beginning of last year, I became the first designer / front-end developer working in DreamHost’s development department. My primary focus is working on the admin panel you all know and love. The biggest project I’ve had a hand in is [...]
“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 [...]
We’re going really large scale with our DreamObjects public cloud storage, and we want to share our excitement with our dear customers! The only question is, will you be one of the Fortunate 1,000, spectacularly lucky 10,000, or superbly blessed every day user of DreamObjects? Yes, images of the proverbial pot at the end of [...]
I work in a fascinating world – it’s that place tucked between developers and customers. Recently I’ve been residing in the land of DreamObjects – our new cloud storage service, built on Ceph. You may have seen Brett’s announcement last week that it’s no longer in beta. I’m very excited we’re able to offer a reliable, [...]
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 [...]