It may be an ideal solution for Web companies with multimedia files

Eric Lai writes: An independent developer has created a free plug-in for the open-source MySQL database that lets users inexpensively store their data on Amazon.com Inc.’s Web storage service, S3.

Mark Atwood, a Seattle-based developer, said his plug-in would be ideal for Web-centric companies that need cheap, reliable storage — Amazon Web Services charges 10 cents per gigabyte per month — over fast performance. For instance, companies operating Web sites that store “huge quantities of images that are only accessed occasionally” might find the technology ideal, Atwood said.

Atwood presented the still-in-development plug-in, which has been eagerly anticipated online, at the MySQL Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, Calif., yesterday.

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