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You can mount SkyDrive. See this tutorial. Read all the way through the best solution is near the end. Windows Live SkyDrive - Map Drive
You can mount SkyDrive. See this tutorial. Read all the way through the best solution is near the end. Windows Live SkyDrive - Map Drive
This is not a option for my now. The other users are all technic novices.
And where should the VM run? ….
Don't see a way to mount it or something like this ....
25MB File size limit.
Hmmm hard.
But not portable as a web storage.
You missed the main aim of the tool.
In my use case there is not such a problem, so im looking for a web storage.
The goal is to share some data with a team.
Not to Back Up Movie files or something like this.
Work with big files should only be done at home where the Bandwidth is not a problem.
It is clear that no sensitive data will be stored unencrypted in the Cloud.
Also it is not the aim back up the data there.
Do you only use the Web interface?
Or is there a Way mounting it?
I didn' find a webDav Path or something like this
I hope that that will help :)
Hmm the Tutorial realy helps,
now I can use it as local storage.
But Skydrive seems to be not very fast ...
Is there a Speed limit? Can I measure that?
Also sometimes there are troubles with the access.
Are there speed diferences of SkyDrive between countryies?
I'm living in austria.
It's never going to be fast. It is limited by the speed of your internet and by how busy the server is.
Hi all
I'm still confused as to what you would actually use this service for.
People have replied -- for big files work at home - so no cloud for large files.
So small files -- but EVERYONE (and the dog) has at least ONE mobile phone these days which is capable of 16 or even 32 GB local storage via micro SD type cards so if you need to share data you can do it via the phone's wifi interface.
I'm totally at a loss as to what you would use the Cloud storage for - especially dealing with 5GB or less -- what on Earth is the point of it.
If you want to share data with a team it's also really EASY to set up an APACHE web server - use something like WAMP (Windows) or LAMP (Linux) - these use this well and trusted Apache web server with MySQL and Php. All these tools are free BTW.
The problem with fixed limits also with these type of providers is that shared data tends to grow very rapidly (almost exponentially) if your team are effectively collaborating with each other and contributing to the "common data pool".
Running your own server means the system won't suddenly stop because someone has added a file which takes you over the limit, further it's cheaper and infintely more flexible.
Here's one example but there are ZILLIONS of others
http://www.wampserver.com/en/
and for Linux fans
https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorial...r-installation
Just having 5GB on a cloud IMO is totally useless -- just try sending two or 3 A3 professionally produced Photos etc to a 5GB limit storage device.
Cheers
jimbo
I'm not totally convinced myself. I suppose the reasoning behind it is to make sure you have the same version no matter what device you access / change it on. Also useful for sharing and collaboration.
The main problems ATM are
1. Security / Privacy
2. Internet speed
3. Cost of anything above a few GB.
There is a difference between _WORKING_ on files or _SHARING_ them.
Hehe, a joke? Isn't it?
No, not everybody does have a smartphone. Thats a nonsense acceptance.
Althoug this is totaly unimportant, since a smartphone can not be compared to the internet,
but now I undersatnd that you can not imagine what advantages of the internet could be.
So, why recommand Smartphones wifi and not nomral PC HDDs?
Yes maybe it is a good Idea to run a server on my ... hmm smartphone?
Why setting up a machine, that the non profit organisation does not have and pay for.
Also, doing it the right way is not "as easy" as you think and
setting up the server is also not even the half ...
If there is a free service out there, meeting our requirements, why I should have more effort?
Yes, no idea ... there are no files smaller than 5GB.
Also seems slow at a 100/100 MBit connection (not at home )
So It should be the server
I can agree on this.
I think we are still in development at this point.
more services will come with more features.
If there is a need with could be full filled, why not useing it?
Don't store sensible/critical data (unencrypted).
Look at the speed, the space and the access posibilities (WebDav, Web Interface,...).
And if you are ok with it. use it.
So I'm looking for a service fullfilling our requirements.
I personally use Dropbox myself. You get 2GB for free and with referrals you get more space for free.
So, why do I use it
1). Keep important information there, which I might need from multiple locations. For example, my wife and i have a keepass database. This database is encrypted and contains usernames/passwords for various websites and registrations that I have made, she has made, etc. We keep this on dropbox because it keeps it synchronized to her PC, and my PC, and heaven forbid our house burns to the ground, or somebody breaks in and steals absolutely everything I own, I have a copy of this file in the cloud that I can access from any web browser. Thus, as long as I can log into dropbox (know that username/password) and then can unencrypt my Keepass database, I have access to my data. If you want to make it more secure, you could create a TrueCrypt container which is encrypted, then put the encrypted database into that encrypted container and then store it on dropbox.
2). ease of moving files around when a USB key might not be available. For example, I can copy files into a public area of my dropbox. Then, I can send a URL to a friend, who can then access the files that I placed there.
So for me, the cloud has it's place and is working well.