Different methods of accessing Azure storage
Is there any other method for accessing Azure storage other than using key and account name? ...
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Power Status Monitor for Storage Device
We have dual power supply to a storage device. How we should be monitoring the failure of even a single power supply? Storage device is used by application on linux OS. ...
C++ Storing objects in a file
I have a list of objects that I would like to store in a file as small as possible for later retrieval. I have been carefully reading this tutorial, and am beginning (I think) to understand, but have several questions. Here is the snippet I am working with: static bool writeHistory(string fileName) { fstream historyFile; historyFi...
Determining the physical location of a file and the device status in Java
Hello, I'm writing a program that has to mantain a large catalog of files. Those may be on different devices and I'd like to know what is the best way to do this in Java. I mean that I need to: Identify the device the file (or just a directory) is on and get a name or identifier for this device that will be consistent... Be able to u...
Is there a free alternative to Amazon S3?
Hi, I'm looking for an online simple storage service like Amazon's that is free. It doesn't have to be that reliable, fast or well documented. It can also be a "free" version, like up to 10 Mb of storage. I need it for a very small file. I was thinking about something like rapidshare but with a REST / RPC interface. Is there anything...
How to add SAN storage support to your application?
I want to add San Storage support in my application. Is there a standard protocol that I can use to communicate with all san storage devices like EMC Centera, Hitachi, NetApp or do I have to use library specific to each vendor? In a nutshell i'd like to save data on device and read it back. I know these devices can be mounted as drives ...
php and file storage on windows servers
My question is related to using a difference drive on a windows server to store files. The partition of the server is too small to handle a large amount of data files, and I want to use the D: drive as the file storage space. My problem is, how do I access the files when they're stored on the D: drive using php? I've tried a multitude o...
How to store fractions of a second in mysql
Hey, I would like to store time data accurate to the centisecond. The mySQL manual states that all stored values will be rounded. I see two decent options. The time above the decimal place can be stored as TIME, and below the decimal can be stored as a TINYINT. The other option might be to shift all the values up so that HH:MM:SS:cc...
Android: How do I deal with storing Bookmarks?
I am essentially using a listview but am looking at providing a bookmark functionality. I am thinking that I should store the item attributes in a file when bookmarked and retrieve when required to populate a bookmark listview. I was wondering if there is a de facto standard used in achieving this or do I follow just the "writing into ...
Building a community photography site, where can I store my photos online?
I am in the process of laying down the requirements for a photography community site. An important feature to investigate would be allowing more fotos/account than rival sites around my country's internet. What are the possibilities out there? Should I go for something like amazon S3, or is there anything that offers more image-related ...
Storing an image from a link in PHP
Hello, given a direct link to an image, how do I store the actual image on a folder I have created on my server, using php? Thanks ...
Temporary Storage in FireFox Extension
I've developed an extension that creates alot* of data during a browsing session. Think, 2 to 3 times the total HTTP traffic (images, HTML, etc.). Currently I'm just stashing all of this in a Javascript variable, but this obviously isn't tenable if the extension is going to get any serious usage. So, the question is, where should I st...
The ethics of using 'My Documents' as a dumping ground...
Something I've wondered about for a while now and would like to get a general opinion on: Advanced apologies if this has been asked previously, I did a search and couldn't find anything similar. This question is related to questions like, "Correct location to save a temporary file in Windows?" , but not quite the same. I've noticed ove...
Is it possible to save arbitrary data to a file in C#?
I have a class with many collections loaded in memory. Is it possible to some how save this class with all its data to a file to be able to simply reload it to memory later? Is there an interface that would handle all this? ...
Managed local storage for blobs
The general consensus these days seems to be that you do not store binary large objects in your relational database, as its not really optimised for that sort of thing, and instead put it into a dedicated storage engine. Can anyone suggest a solution for the .Net platform, along the lines of the Microsoft Azure Blob Storage engine, but ...
How to organizeand catolog a Small Library
I have a small library that includes hardback and softback books, research papers, newpaper clippngs, magazine articles, maps and census papers. I have no clue how to organize and catalog all these things. The common denominator is they all have to do with my county from 1860's through today. Everything is folders and are labelled and ...
Best practices for storing html form content in XML document
I have two web forms which are filled in by the user. They contain different types of fields: text boxes, radio buttons, check boxes (single or in groups). All the information that user submits I store in XML field in a database. My question is: what are the good practices for string that kind of informations in a XML file. For now I...
Is there a data storage pattern similar to mipmaps in graphics?
We've got a bunch of data the users may want to view windows of and do so quickly. They may want to look at a window of the data that is a day, a week, a month, or an arbitrary beginning and ending data. Sorting and summing up all of this stuff in real time is proving to be painful for us so I got the idea of doing something similar to M...
Best way to store and retrieve this..?
I've been trying all night, and talk of maps, arrays, vectors and hash_maps have filled my head. im just confused now. i posted a previous question here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1687085/c-map-really-slow problem was fixed but it seems map's are still not fast enough. i need to keep adding data. data is added ALOT during run t...
How can I easily add storage to a VirtualBox machine with XP installed?
When I installed Windows XP on a VirtualBox machine, I made the hard drive only 10 GB since and assumed it would expand in size (as do hard drives in VMWare as far as I can remember, isn't this true?). In any case, I'm trying to install Visual Studio 2010 beta on this Virtual Box XP image and it has run out of disk space. Googling for ...