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Why would you care about reasons, if you offer a certain amounts of space? There is a size limit. Why would you implement an item limit? I have about 15M files
by bingobongodude 4y ago
Why would you care about reasons, if you offer a certain amounts of space?
There is a size limit. Why would you implement an item limit?
I have about 15M files in my Dropbox. The limit of my box is the size of my files combined AND their own size not their number.
"Files uploaded to dropbox.com must be 50 GB or smaller. All files uploaded to your Dropbox must be smaller than your storage space. For example, if your account has a storage quota of 2 GB, you can upload one 2 GB file or many files that add up to 2 GB. If you are over your storage quota, Dropbox will stop syncing."
- bingobongodude 4y agoI mean I know why they want to restrict the amount. It adds computing expenses to their bill. But wow.
- crazygringo 4y agoCan I ask what the bulk of the files are? Only things I can think of are mapping tiles. Because while logs can take up space they don't generally create that many separate files...
- bingobongodude 4y agoOf course you an ask, but the answer is "no". It does not concern you, unless you are my host.
- crazygringo 4y agoI'm not asking for private data, I'm just trying to understand the use case...
- bingobongodude 4y ago[flagged]
- crazygringo 4y agoI'm not arguing with you at all when I asked the question. I'm just curious about outlying use cases. Is being curious bad?
- nickthegreek 4y agoThe question is in good faith. 15m files is ALOT of files and one wonders how an individual accumulates so many and that they are also important enough to have backed up on dropbox no less. Is it a bunch of very small files with many versions? I mean you obviously don’t have to answer, but it just seems silly to attack others asking legitimate follow up questions. It is now obvious that you value your privacy to a higher level of secrecy than the poster thought.
- soderfoo 4y ago> It is now obvious that you value your privacy to a higher level of secrecy than the poster thought. If that is the case, these vague and hypervigilant security posturing type replies run counter to their interest. By default, I assume the absolute worst when it's likely something innocuous. Wouldn't the best approach be to simply say "yeah just tons of logs and cat pics" or not to reply at all?
- sekh60 4y agoYou could have just said Linux ISOs like the rest of us.