Backing Up With Amazon S3 - Iomega StorCenter px12-400r User Manual

Backing up with Amazon S3

The Amazon S3 online storage service allows you to back up your Iomega StorCenter px12-400r to the
cloud.
Enabling the Amazon S3 Feature
1. On the Amazon S3 page, click the switch on.
Note: If you do not have an Amazon S3 account, click the link to create an account.
2. Enter a valid access key, secret key, and bucket name from your Amazon S3 account
information.
You can create a bucket at account setup, or you can enter a new bucket for your px12-400r.
Your content lives in this bucket on your Amazon S3 account.
3. Select an existing Share on your px12-400r in which to copy files that are then backed up to
Amazon S3.
4. Click Apply to save your changes.
Backing up Files to the Amazon S3 Cloud
After you copy files to the selected Share on your px12-400r, the files are automatically backed up
to the Amazon S3 cloud service. File uploads are limited to 5 GB in size. If you delete files from the
selected Share on your px12-400r, they are not automatically deleted from the cloud service. You
can manually delete those files from the cloud service by clicking a command on the Amazon S3
page.
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