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Google File Stream (https://support.google.com/drive/answer/7329379?hl=en https://support.google.com/drive/answer/7329379?hl=en) is the bomb - many TBs of files

Google File Stream (https://support.google.com/drive/answer/7329379?hl=en https://support.google.com/drive/answer/7329379?hl=en) is the bomb - many TBs of files in it, can not even count how many and it is fast and adaptive. If you haven't tried it, you do not know what you are missing.

lowlevel 7y ago
Gonna try it... tried OneDrive but oddly enough, Microsoft Office documents and files are a complete pain in the rear to open/save there because the microsoft apps treats it differently than just a storage device.
TeMPOraL 7y ago
What's up with them? They now have three applications to do file syncing? Google Drive, Backup & Sync, and Drive File Stream? I've kept using Dropbox for all these years because they never confused people like this. There was a single app that gave you a folder that synced.
- snowwrestler 7y ago
  Also, Dropbox is not going to drop file syncing; it is who they are. Google might drop any of their file syncing solutions, possibly even all three!
- stirfrykitty 7y ago
  Personally, I think rsync.net is the best if you're in IT, particularly if you're a *nix user. Nothing better yet unless you wanted to roll your own. And the fact they use ZFS makes it great. You can choose where your data resides and it's fairly inexpensive all things considered. And to the best of my knowledge, I don't recall them being involved in anything overtly political. I like tech companies doing what they do best. Tech.
  - rsync 7y ago
    Thank you for your kind words - appreciated. I hope that it will be useful and interesting to note that we have added 'rclone'[1] to our platform[2] which means that your rsync.net account is truly a swiss army knife for cloud storage organization. This is very much like our 'borg' support - we actually have the binary executable installed on our end so you can run it properly. There is also a discounted signup for these two use-cases.[3][4] [1] https://rclone.org/ https://rclone.org/ [2] https://github.com/ncw/rclone/issues/3254 https://github.com/ncw/rclone/issues/3254 [3] https://www.rsync.net/products/borg.html https://www.rsync.net/products/borg.html [4] https://www.rsync.net/products/rclone.html https://www.rsync.net/products/rclone.html
- joshuamorton 7y ago
  Just two, I think, the Drive applet was named Backup and Sync, while the Drive cloud-thing is still Drive. And DFS is a beefier, enterprisier, version of Backup and Sync. I think?
  - bhouston 7y ago
    Drive stream pretends to be a network drive and hides syncing. It locally caches files on demand and uploads and deleted local copies in the background. From my perspective it is just always up to date and let's me have tbs of files on a small computer. It is a game changer because it is simple. It is a virtual drive in the cloud that is fast and seamless and behaves as if it is local.

lowlevel 7y ago

Gonna try it... tried OneDrive but oddly enough, Microsoft Office documents and files are a complete pain in the rear to open/save there because the microsoft apps treats it differently than just a storage device.

TeMPOraL 7y ago

What's up with them? They now have three applications to do file syncing? Google Drive, Backup & Sync, and Drive File Stream? I've kept using Dropbox for all these years because they never confused people like this. There was a single app that gave you a folder that synced.

snowwrestler 7y ago
Also, Dropbox is not going to drop file syncing; it is who they are. Google might drop any of their file syncing solutions, possibly even all three!
stirfrykitty 7y ago
Personally, I think rsync.net is the best if you're in IT, particularly if you're a *nix user. Nothing better yet unless you wanted to roll your own. And the fact they use ZFS makes it great. You can choose where your data resides and it's fairly inexpensive all things considered. And to the best of my knowledge, I don't recall them being involved in anything overtly political. I like tech companies doing what they do best. Tech.
- rsync 7y ago
  Thank you for your kind words - appreciated. I hope that it will be useful and interesting to note that we have added 'rclone'[1] to our platform[2] which means that your rsync.net account is truly a swiss army knife for cloud storage organization. This is very much like our 'borg' support - we actually have the binary executable installed on our end so you can run it properly. There is also a discounted signup for these two use-cases.[3][4] [1] https://rclone.org/ https://rclone.org/ [2] https://github.com/ncw/rclone/issues/3254 https://github.com/ncw/rclone/issues/3254 [3] https://www.rsync.net/products/borg.html https://www.rsync.net/products/borg.html [4] https://www.rsync.net/products/rclone.html https://www.rsync.net/products/rclone.html
joshuamorton 7y ago
Just two, I think, the Drive applet was named Backup and Sync, while the Drive cloud-thing is still Drive. And DFS is a beefier, enterprisier, version of Backup and Sync. I think?
- bhouston 7y ago
  Drive stream pretends to be a network drive and hides syncing. It locally caches files on demand and uploads and deleted local copies in the background. From my perspective it is just always up to date and let's me have tbs of files on a small computer. It is a game changer because it is simple. It is a virtual drive in the cloud that is fast and seamless and behaves as if it is local.