What are the most useful uses for S3?

[diedrichg]

Now that FreeNAS can act as its own S3 server, what are some useful and clever ways to utilize the new service?

I'm clueless as to the functionality of S3 so some useful examples would be appreciated.

One scenario I am imagining is using the Android app, FolderSync to sync my phone's photos to the S3 service on my FreeNAS machine. Am I correct in assuming this is how it could be used?

What are some other useful/clever implementations of the S3 service?

 

[Robert Trevellyan]

There are several client backup solutions that work with S3-compatible storage, so one use case would be to backup client machines to FreeNAS. However, typically those solutions also work with SFTP, so I'm not sure there's a clear benefit.