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zimly allows easy management of your mobile device’s media backups. It allows you to create flexible configurations for different media folders on your phone and can target various remote storage options that support the S3 protocol.

The S3 protocol has become the de facto standard for open protocols in cloud storage, much like the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) was in the past.

Many vendors support the S3 protocol, offering a range of services to meet different needs. On this page, we provide tutorials and starter guides for some of the most popular vendors:

AWS S3

Service
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Amazon S3 is the original implementation of the S3 protocol and is a service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS).

  • Pay per use
  • Low entry costs
  • Initially more complex setup
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Linode Object Storage

Service
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Linode Object Storage is an S3-compatible service by Akamai. It’s very easy to get set up and started.

  • Easy setup
  • Pay per use, but starts at 250GB
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Minio Object Storage

Self-hosted, Service
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Minio Object Storage is an open-source, S3-compatible object store.

  • Open Source
  • Scalable
  • Web view for your media
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