This five-part series walks you through building a simple photo-sharing Web site using Perl and Apache to access Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) and SimpleDB. In this installment, get a feel for the benefits and drawbacks of S3 and SimpleDB by taking a tour of their architectures and starting to design your photo-sharing site.

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