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What I would really like is some metadata baked into the filesystem layer that allows you to specify backup levels, which vary how often, whether or not, and wh
by sprout 16y ago
What I would really like is some metadata baked into the filesystem layer that allows you to specify backup levels, which vary how often, whether or not, and where things are backed up.
So something like:
1 - always back up to primary backup locations in full.
2 - back up to primary backup locations if it's not too much trouble (some sort of configurable threshold for space)
3 - like 2, but a lower threshold
4 - only back up to secondary backup
5 - do not back up.
I know that there's a lot of configuration that would have to go into this, but I think as data becomes a bigger part of our lives, we need to have a more intentional attitude towards how we store our data, and not just 'let the computer back it up.' Until movies are as easy to store as text is currently, there will always be tradeoffs that we will want to think about.
- edanm 16y agoThe beauty of Dropbox is the "it just works" feeling. You put things in a folder, it's synced to all other computers, plus the web. It really is simple in the best sense of the word. Having said that, the latest beta does allow you to choose to only sync some of the folders. So you can, for example, install Dropbox on your work computer, and choose not to sync your mp3s to it, etc. This should solve a lot of the use cases you have. The only thing really missing, for me, is the ability to exclude specific files/folders from the Dropbox folder (like, for example, per-computer configuration files). I assume they'll allow that at some point, but for now I have to work my way around it. Still worth it though!
- sprout 16y agoIf I tried to sync everything over my home DSL connection, software would have limited ability to make it seamless.