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The Simple Storage Service (S3) from Amazon Web Services is fantastic, and something that we recommend to our customers all of the time. Scalable, on-demand storage that not only doesn’t have to be managed by a systems administrator, but also costs pennies on the dollar, is something that anyone building a web-based application should look into. While the costs are “minimal,” the more you store, the more you pay. So, how do you keep the costs low while losing nothing?

One method of reducing your overall S3 costs is outlined (with code provided) in this article, Economical Use of Amazon S3 with Ruby on Rails, on the Amazon Web Services Developer Connection site. The solution presented describes how to use a “pack and ship” method to save on PUT requests and total storage.

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