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The initial datasets are stored in /work/platform/. This entire collection is mirrored exactly and can transfered by dragging and dropping into the data01.sagebase.org s3 bucket. This operation should be done as user platform, as all files should be readable by said user to facilitate the transfer.
BucketExplorer is very efficient, and will do hash comparisons and only transfer what files have changed. One can also get a visual comparison of what files have changed using the 'Comparer' button. During the transfer, BucketExplorer the program will parallelize the transfer into 20 streams for very efficient use of outgoing bandwidth to the cloud.
Create a new IAM group
TODO deflaux: talk about Sage-specific stuff such as where we want to check in our policy files to SVN for each group
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