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> No server needed. No expensive hardware required... You can use your Router, NAS, Raspberry Pi, Smart TV. So... it turns those things into servers then (many

> No server needed. No expensive hardware required... You can use your Router, NAS, Raspberry Pi, Smart TV. So... it turns those things into servers then (many of which already run servers by default)? Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but a device running server software is still a server, even if it isn't dedicated to only that task.

phil248 7y ago
Reminds me the ridiculous "no software" campaign by Salesforce.
- Aperocky 7y ago
  LMAO, now I need to hear about it.
magashna 7y ago
Cloud = servers someone else has and mostly maintains for you Cloud...at home? This is a dumb headline. The definition of "server" has gone from big bulky slabs of bare metal to include smaller things like a RPi.
- dragonwriter 7y ago
  > Cloud = servers someone else has and mostly maintains for you No, ”cloud = on-demand provisioned server resources”; that was what distinguished cloud computing from pre-existing remote-leased or on-premises resources. “Private cloud” (usually, on-premises of the user) has been a thing since very early in cloud computing, and “at home” has been plausible for even fairly casual users at least since Ubuntu 9.04 bundled Eucalyptus. But this service is just abusing “cloud” to mean “SaaS”, I think (in that it's a demo of a paid SaaS product that incorporates your hardware.)
- furst 7y ago
  I think the biggest issue in this thread is the multiple definitions of what a cloud is. To most of the people in this thread, the cloud isn't possible at home. To consumers, the cloud is just somewhere else to store their files. This addresses the latter, giving consumers an easy way to store their files on a "server" i.e. their computers, while having it in your home.
- unknown2374 7y ago
  No, cloud does not mean that. Generally the cloud means that you can access data stored on a cloud as long as you are connected to the internet (or the same network). I don't know where you got that definition of cloud from.
Aperocky 7y ago
Every computer can be a server and every server is a computer. The only difference is on a layman's mind. Just because you're interfacing with the computer through a screen instead of a network connection doesn't mean the backend service/OS calls changed a bit.
sp332 7y ago
The FAQ (linked from the very bottom of the page) is more interesting. The server part is just a file server. The client in this case handles all the file syncing, including locking. The client is the interesting part.

phil248 7y ago

Reminds me the ridiculous "no software" campaign by Salesforce.

Aperocky 7y ago
LMAO, now I need to hear about it.

magashna 7y ago

Cloud = servers someone else has and mostly maintains for you Cloud...at home? This is a dumb headline. The definition of "server" has gone from big bulky slabs of bare metal to include smaller things like a RPi.

dragonwriter 7y ago
> Cloud = servers someone else has and mostly maintains for you No, ”cloud = on-demand provisioned server resources”; that was what distinguished cloud computing from pre-existing remote-leased or on-premises resources. “Private cloud” (usually, on-premises of the user) has been a thing since very early in cloud computing, and “at home” has been plausible for even fairly casual users at least since Ubuntu 9.04 bundled Eucalyptus. But this service is just abusing “cloud” to mean “SaaS”, I think (in that it's a demo of a paid SaaS product that incorporates your hardware.)
furst 7y ago
I think the biggest issue in this thread is the multiple definitions of what a cloud is. To most of the people in this thread, the cloud isn't possible at home. To consumers, the cloud is just somewhere else to store their files. This addresses the latter, giving consumers an easy way to store their files on a "server" i.e. their computers, while having it in your home.
unknown2374 7y ago
No, cloud does not mean that. Generally the cloud means that you can access data stored on a cloud as long as you are connected to the internet (or the same network). I don't know where you got that definition of cloud from.

Aperocky 7y ago

Every computer can be a server and every server is a computer. The only difference is on a layman's mind. Just because you're interfacing with the computer through a screen instead of a network connection doesn't mean the backend service/OS calls changed a bit.

sp332 7y ago

The FAQ (linked from the very bottom of the page) is more interesting. The server part is just a file server. The client in this case handles all the file syncing, including locking. The client is the interesting part.