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An API program for the Department of Education
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Provide software justification for cyberduck #105

Closed gbinal closed 8 years ago

gbinal commented 8 years ago

cc @nikkichurchwell

gbinal commented 8 years ago

What we're in need of is an AWS S3 client. Similar in function to a FTP client, an S3 client provides a user interface for uploading and managing static files that are hosted in Amazon S3. to avoid having to only use the command line. We use Amazon S3 for this project due to its low cost, ease of use, ubiquity, immense scalability, and because it is available through the cloud.gov service.

Cyberduck has the advantages of being:

Another windows-based s3 client can work in its place, but may lack some of these advantages.

nikkichurchwell commented 8 years ago

Great! Can you also provide a few sentences about the purpose of a AWS S3 client and why it is essential to our work?

gbinal commented 8 years ago

Done. Check out ^^^ and see if that helps.