S3mper Fi! Netflix open sources library to make Amazon S3 even more awesome

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 11, 2014

Cloud architect Adrian Cockcroft may have flown the coop but Netflix continues to do its thing by enhancing or bolstering existing Amazon cloud services and then making its work available for others to use.

This time out, it’s open-sourcing the s3mper library it’s been building and testing to ensure better consistency of data stored in Amazon Web Services’ gigantic S3 storage service. S3mper is now available under the Apache open source license version 2.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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