How's this free then? Amazing.
I'm uploading all my music and pics in case my house burns down.
There must be a downside I'm missing. Anyone?
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How's this free then? Amazing.
I'm uploading all my music and pics in case my house burns down.
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Maybe the access all your mp3s and then sell em on in a dodgy russian site?
It does just sound far too good to be true. Just dont upload any bank.txt and youll be fine
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I've had a read through the T&Cs and it seems the only possible fouler is that humyo (who operate the service) can withdraw it at any time and replace it with a paid-for version, but I think that's just a disclaimer as much as anything.Comment
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Even if it was a pay site, I'd pay £100/year for backup and the ability to access them anywhere.Comment
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MPAA, BPI etc check the files then sue you if there's anything dodgy in there forcing you to either go to court or settle outside for a few thousand quid.Originally posted by charlesr View PostComment
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Well, I won't be sharing it with anyone and every single bit of music I own came off CDs I bought. And pics and vids will just be from my camera and vidcam. So I think I'm fairly safe on that front. No idea why the British Polythene Industries would want to track me down though.Comment
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How is this any different from youtube/flickr etc? You can upload unlimited amounts of movies, pictures etc. This site just lets you upload anything, storage is pretty cheap.
In fact charlesr, if you did pay, you'd get a much better service. Amazon SSS is a storage mechanism that costs a few cents per gb. Couple that with a product like Jungle Disk, and you've got something infinitely more useful.
Or why not look to get a file server / windows home server / cube station (http://www.synology.com/enu/products/CS407/index.php) that you can be sure is private, managed well, and separate from all your other PCs (and accessible via the net). I have something like this, and now my actual PCs don't need much storage, all music/photos are remote from everything.
Finally, there are tons of these sorts of websites: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=unlimited+file+storage
Sorry for the essay!Comment
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youtube and flickr don't keep the original quality so are no good as storage.
Jungle disk has a 2GB/month transfer limit and I've uploaded more than that to the free nildram one in half a day. I've got 160GB of lossless music waiting to go up next. All the other free sites I looked at had file size limits, but if this one has them, I've not hit the barrier yet.
I can already access all my stuff via the net and have it backed up in my house, but if the house burns down, this is perfect because I can just drag "my uploaded docs" back down on to the new PC and be back up and running with all pics and music etc in 3 days.Comment
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With BPI I of course meant Bank of the Philippine IslandsOriginally posted by charlesr View Post
I doubt that'd happen really - but there has been a release of a nasty worm that erases MP3 files apparently.Comment
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Youtube and flickr were just examples of the vast amounts of online storage! (flickr does keep the original size btw)Originally posted by charlesr View Post
Jungle Disk is unlimited as far as you're prepared to pay, and I mentioned it because it maps to a normal drive- very useful, and also moves you away from thinking about simply backups and more about one single secure space for your files. If you think about it, if storage never failed, you would never need back-ups, and that's what Amazon S3 is all about- your data is held in multiple locations, so it's safe *and* more accessible.
But if 'house burning down file insurance' is *all* you're after, it's much quicker to buy a 500gb external drive for ?50 and keep it at your parents/friends
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It would certainly be quicker yeah. 45k/s upload ftl.
This nildram one is having a drive mapping added in the near future.Comment
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Obviously unlimited > 500mb, but Microsoft have launched their Windows Live SkyDrive beta programme now: http://skydriveteam.spaces.live.com/Comment
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The clear danger with storing files offsite, is that they be comprimised by the hosting company, or more likely hack attacks on said company.
In my experience a good security policy is expensive, and if a company is providing a free service one could be forgiven for not trusting them.
Clearly I would not be ultra sensative info on this type of share, but the info that I would put (Family photos) I would encrypt.
Trucrypt is the best on the fly freeware encryption I have seen.
Going for online storage? Take the time to encrypt it.
MODS: Move this to the "Free online storage" thread! My bad...Last edited by capcom_suicide; 15-08-2007, 10:51.Comment
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