another way to get a ton of data to test storage capacity with is:
cat /dev/zero >giant-Amazon-file
Or if you want something that compresses less well:
cat /dev/random >giant-Amazon-file
Or use tee to calculate the sha1 checksum at the same time you make the file so you can confirm that Amazon actually stores it for you.
Then you can separate the “can I store a ton of data” from the “will Amazon balk at being associated with the biggest pr0n collection ev3r!” Issues…
