![]() ![]() I still won’t be able to share any folder that exceeds the free space/quota of who I want to share with. So, lets say I go Pro and pay for the space. ![]() Dropbox says this is to prevent people gaming the system for free space. So if you share a 1 gig folder to a friend w/a free DropBox account, you are taking 1 gig out of his 2 gigs. ![]() The biggest problem with Dropbox for collaboration is that Shared Folders count against the quota for each person involved. A shared folder is pushed from the author/maintainer/controller, and can be easily monitored and controlled as such. Individual users have their own private data storage, their own private password, etc etc. While at first this struck me as limiting for collaboration, I now consider this functionality simple and ingenious. Sharing and collaboration is done through sharing folders. While I originally turned away from Dropbox because of (1) its single folder setup (2) Lack of selective syncing and (3) less than ideal encryption and privacy policies, I came back because of its amazingly simple and straight forward installation, use, and ability to share.Ĭloud based storage systems like Dropbox and SugarSync follow a single user model. It seemed the goals of collaboration and sharing versus long term storage and archival were not adequate addressed by a single solution.įast forward to today, and I have been using Dropbox heavily for day to day uses and have a background CrashPlan running here and there storing that emergency backup just in case all else fails. In the end I decided to sign up for SugarSync for my day to day collaboration needs and CrashPlan for my long term backup solution. On my list of potential services were Dropbox, SugarSync, CrashPlan, and SpiderOak. A while back I was caught in the dilemma of finding one cloud storage to store them all. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |