Cloud storage wars

[Root Moose]

Storing data in the cloud is asking for trouble - especially when it's not available.

That said, people that don't take responsibility for their own digital assets reap what they sow.

 

[kojackJKU]

I have no personal data in the cloud.

 

[landy89]

ownCloud allows a user to synchronize folder(s) on a computer with a server. Very similar to dropbox, except that the server is your own and no data is hosted on a tech company's servers. The function works very well since whenever your computer has a wifi connection then the files on your computer are backed up on your personal server.

 

[kojackJKU]

Buffalo had something like that as well. I got 1TB of storage on Onedrive with MS office 365. I am making use of that. I think they are bumping up to 2TB soon for paying users of 365 soon too. Score.

 

[haven]

Google has just announced a plan for students who use Google Apps for Education: Unlimited free storage. The largest individual file size is 5 Terabytes (can't imagine what that might be). This is an increase from 30 Gigabytes per student.

Here's the article
http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/30/google-launches-drive-for-educationwith-unlimited-storage/

And here's where to get more information about Google Apps for Education (Google+ or GMail login required)
www.classroom.google.com

 

[kojackJKU]

Hopfully everyone else follows suit. Unlimited free is awesome.