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Dropbox has an advantage here, in that all files are stored local (mirrored, really) in user's computers, and they are backed up. It doesn't scale to shared edi

Dropbox has an advantage here, in that all files are stored local (mirrored, really) in user's computers, and they are backed up. It doesn't scale to shared editing, though. I'm turning more and more to plaintext/markdown on Dropbox.

e1ven 16y ago
That's where we've moved all our Shared files. I don't love the pricing models, or the privacy issues, or the security model, so we're looking for something else. AeroFS is the best off-site solution so far, but it's still very beta.
benjaminfox 16y ago
For backing up files that need to be on Google Docs, I use GDocBackup (http://gs.fhtino.it/gdocbackup http://gs.fhtino.it/gdocbackup) and have it download my Google Docs to a Dropbox folder.
roc 16y ago
Dropbox-style mirroring is still susceptible to the hypothetical "service problem killed/corrupted a file, the mistake was happily sync'd down to all mirrors." In short: if you're reliant on the cloud service for your backups (as distinct from your sync'ing), you're at risk.
- sdizdar 16y ago
  Of course, simplistic mirroring solutions will have these problems. However, the right mirroring solution for syncing information (documents, presentations, etc.), should provide auditing, providence of created documents, and rewind for all actions.
  - kkowalczyk 16y ago
    At which point you're using technology even more complicate than dropbox and you have to trust that it works just as you have to trust that dropbox works. Not to mention that anything that can write to primary store (i.e. the "rewind for all actions" in your hypothetical solution) is just as likely to corrupt that store as dropbox is.
- cezary 16y ago
  Dropbox stores different versions of files so even if files are corrupted/deleted and this change is sync'd up to them, you can still restore your files.
  - edanm 16y ago
    But so does Google Docs. The problems start happening when all versions of a document are corrupted.

e1ven 16y ago

That's where we've moved all our Shared files. I don't love the pricing models, or the privacy issues, or the security model, so we're looking for something else. AeroFS is the best off-site solution so far, but it's still very beta.

benjaminfox 16y ago

For backing up files that need to be on Google Docs, I use GDocBackup (http://gs.fhtino.it/gdocbackup http://gs.fhtino.it/gdocbackup) and have it download my Google Docs to a Dropbox folder.

roc 16y ago

Dropbox-style mirroring is still susceptible to the hypothetical "service problem killed/corrupted a file, the mistake was happily sync'd down to all mirrors." In short: if you're reliant on the cloud service for your backups (as distinct from your sync'ing), you're at risk.

sdizdar 16y ago
Of course, simplistic mirroring solutions will have these problems. However, the right mirroring solution for syncing information (documents, presentations, etc.), should provide auditing, providence of created documents, and rewind for all actions.
- kkowalczyk 16y ago
  At which point you're using technology even more complicate than dropbox and you have to trust that it works just as you have to trust that dropbox works. Not to mention that anything that can write to primary store (i.e. the "rewind for all actions" in your hypothetical solution) is just as likely to corrupt that store as dropbox is.
cezary 16y ago
Dropbox stores different versions of files so even if files are corrupted/deleted and this change is sync'd up to them, you can still restore your files.
- edanm 16y ago
  But so does Google Docs. The problems start happening when all versions of a document are corrupted.