ONLINE BACKUP AND RECOVERY USING AMAZON S3

Ameya Kanitkar, Shreyas Joshi, Sumit Chitnis, Mayur Gite

Abstract: The project on File recovery and backup involves using of the emerging cloud based technology Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3).This project caters the purpose of safe and secure storage of the data as well as backup of that data for an Educational Institute such as a school or a college. The process in this project involves registering the client using Facebook or Google Accounts or simple sign up form. Then client gets his own manageable storage space for storing the data on the Amazon servers. The project involves creating server side webpage which eases the Signup process. For Backup and recovery of the customer data, project uses the java platform to create client side software. The software involves the simple UI for uploading the data onto the Amazon servers. A person can share the particular data by making that data public, data is stored safely on the cloud as they use different encryption methods. And it involves a feature known as time URL which makes selected data on the cloud available to person or group of persons for a specified interval of the time. The project uses Amazon S3 Technology because Amazon servers provide Easy robust and durable storage of the data and they provide complete (99.9999 percent) availability. And also they are inexpensive and reliable than the physical storage options.

Keywords: Amazon S3, Cloud Computing, Backup, etc

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0304171