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Aspera S3|Direct Beta Program

High-performance data I/O for AWS S3

Based upon our innovative Aspera On-Demand AMI, Aspera On-Demand S3|Direct is now available through a special beta testing program. Beta participation is limited and by invitation only – we are specifically looking for users familiar with Aspera, AWS and looking to transfer large volumes of data to S3 at high speed (~1TB/month). During the beta program, Aspera will offer significantly reduced rates for the service, enabling you to integrate and test at a fraction of the cost (see below for details).

> Register your interest in the Aspera On-Demand S3|Direct Beta program



Aspera OnDemand Beta Program and General Availability Schedule

Current S3 Beta functionality:

  • Aspera On-Demand S3|Direct AMI for 5 regions (Brazil and Oregon are not supported)

  • S3 i/o is only available using the Aspera Desktop Client/CLI for Windows (linux available on request)

  • Support for Aspera Connect web browser plug-in (using API only)
  • S3 credentialing support using Aspera Client or S3-Docroot on Server

  • Limited admin documentation

Beta program extended- general availability planned for late April/ early May 2012

Aspera OnDemand S3|Direct Costs:

S3|Direct Beta Program

  • $10/month subscription

  • $0.07/GB for data transfers

  • All AWS costs are the responsibility of the AWS account holder


S3|Direct General Availability

  • $1000/month subscription

  • $0.15/GB for data transfers

  • All AWS costs are the responsibility of the AWS account holder

  • Aspera On-Demand can be fully licensed outside of AWS Devpay (contact Aspera for details)


* Product and service features, specifications, system requirements and availability are subject to change without notice