[BNM] Remote data storeage

[Michael Rose (Freelance Advisor)]

I'm a bit nervous too... as nervous as I am about loosing my Flickr  
photos one day.

Dropbox are certainly feeling the pinch... they used to keep backups  
for *every* change made - multiple undos/undeletes on every file.  
They've now limited this to 30 days for free accounts.

Not sure yet if this is a game changer for me, I've got a server of my  
own so perhaps I should just arrange to do my own backup/sync. But  
Dropbox is SOOOO easy to use and 'set and forget' I expect I'll end up  
paying Dropbox Inc for the convenience of not having to learn how to  
rSync.

Anyone know if there is an alternative open-source, multi-OS tool  
that'll allow me to sync a local folder with a remote folder in the  
way Dropbox does?

m



On 21 Jul 2009, at 10:47, Ali wrote:

> +1 - seems like a no-brainer why would you not use Dropbox?
>
> I do get a little nervous that it's own success could be its undoing  
> - I
> mean surely achieving several (more) million free 2GB accounts is  
> going to
> hurt..... where's the payback? Are there enough paying customers on  
> the 50GB
> plan?
>
> mmmm should I back up my dropbox....
>
> ALi
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Leif Kendall" <leif at kendallcopywriting.co.uk>
> To: "Brighton New Media" <bnmlist at brightonnewmedia.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 10:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [BNM] Remote data storeage
>
>
>> +1 for Dropbox. It's amazing! It's good for collaborating and for  
>> sharing
>> large files as well as storing remote back-ups.
>>
>> Leif
>>
>> 2009/7/21 Michael Rose (Freelance Advisor) <
>> michael.rose at freelanceadvisor.co.uk>
>>
>>> +1 for Dropbox
>>>
>>> I have nothing on my Netbook that isn't also in the cloud and
>>> available to PC, Mac, Linux and Web. It's like my netbook is a USB
>>> drive but with a screen and keyboard :)
>>>
>>> m.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 20 Jul 2009, at 18:40, Ian Betteridge wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 20 Jul 2009, at 18:13, Rob Beattie wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> + 1 for Dropbox. The sync has changed my life.
>>>>
>>>> And another +1 from me, too. The fact that you can reliably and
>>>> invisibly sync between multiple machines (Mac, Windows, *and*  
>>>> Linux!)
>>>> is really nice.
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