[mdlug] Online Storage - Dropbox

[Stuart Munro]

Clinton
I use drop box currently, I need multi terabytes of storage. I have
pictures of my kids, tons of my son playing hockey, plus I have ripped
all my dvd's to a quicktime. For the house.

On 10/09/2009, Clinton Weiss <cvweiss at gmail.com> wrote:
> disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with Dropbox, I just like it
>
> http://www.getdropbox.com
>
> The home storage thread has inspired me to share an online storage
> utility which I have found to be invaluable on every one of my
> computers.  It works on Mac, a few popular Linux distros, and of course
> Windows.
>
> My personal pros:
> - 2 GB free.
> - Very fast, rsync like behavior.
> - File history.
> - "Public" folder that you can use to create URL's to share files with
> others.
> - Files stored in a true folder structure, you can modify files from the
> command line or a gui.
>
> My personal cons:
> - It isn't open source, and that bugs me.  But it's a good tool, and
> free is valuable.
> - Your files are stored "somewhere", and who knows what admins may have
> access to them.  Don't store anything you wouldn't trust to be online.
>
> I have found it very useful for transporting such documents as school
> papers, various reference PDFs, pictures, etc. across several computers
> simultaneously.  When my Mom's hard drive failed and she got it
> replaced, she simply re-installed Dropbox and had all of her files right
> back on her computer.  Yes, it's that easy that a 52 year old woman can
> use it and actually like it!
>
> Hope this helps someone,
> Clinton
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