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Dropbox _is_ distributed and resistant to failure by design. edit: Not sure why I'm getting downvoted, maybe a link to a source will help. "Everything in you

Dropbox _is_ distributed and resistant to failure by design. edit: Not sure why I'm getting downvoted, maybe a link to a source will help. "Everything in your Dropbox folder is always on your hard drive and merely synced with our online service, so you have access to your files even if you're offline. If you have multiple linked computers on your local area network, we'll even sync from those computers rather than via the Dropbox service whenever it can." https://www.dropbox.com/help/42/en https://www.dropbox.com/help/42/en

josh2600 14y ago
If running the same cryptographic key for all accounts is resistant to failure, you and I have different definitions of precautionary measures. Dropbox is not the shining example of corporate citizenry, especially when it comes to security (although they're fairly good on uptime).
cryptoz 14y ago
> "Everything in your Dropbox folder is always on your hard drive and merely synced with our online service, so you have access to your files even if you're offline. If you have multiple linked computers on your local area network, we'll even sync from those computers rather than via the Dropbox service whenever it can." There was a bug a couple months ago where Dropbox zero'd out some files, and then synced the 0 byte files across all of your connected computers, thereby destroying every linked Dropbox file that was affected. There was that bug a few months ago where Dropbox left all accounts open, with no passwords, for four hours or something like that. They are not resistant to failure by design.
- athrun 14y ago
  IMO, the issues you are describing are not design errors. They were _bugs_. I would argue that Dropbox's design is quite resistant to failure since it allows for offline work and can even provide some P2P sync functionalities when the backend servers are down.
  - hsmyers 14y ago
    Wishful thinking is not design...
recoiledsnake 14y ago
As I said in another comment, how is that going to help on a Chromebook that comes with 100GB/1TB of free cloud storage and ~9.5GB of available local space?
- qompiler 14y ago
  The Chromebook is Google's retarded child, we shouldn't challenge it or make fun it. Just let it be.
jganetsk 14y ago
This is exactly the same with Google Drive.

josh2600 14y ago

If running the same cryptographic key for all accounts is resistant to failure, you and I have different definitions of precautionary measures. Dropbox is not the shining example of corporate citizenry, especially when it comes to security (although they're fairly good on uptime).

cryptoz 14y ago

> "Everything in your Dropbox folder is always on your hard drive and merely synced with our online service, so you have access to your files even if you're offline. If you have multiple linked computers on your local area network, we'll even sync from those computers rather than via the Dropbox service whenever it can." There was a bug a couple months ago where Dropbox zero'd out some files, and then synced the 0 byte files across all of your connected computers, thereby destroying every linked Dropbox file that was affected. There was that bug a few months ago where Dropbox left all accounts open, with no passwords, for four hours or something like that. They are not resistant to failure by design.

athrun 14y ago
IMO, the issues you are describing are not design errors. They were _bugs_. I would argue that Dropbox's design is quite resistant to failure since it allows for offline work and can even provide some P2P sync functionalities when the backend servers are down.
- hsmyers 14y ago
  Wishful thinking is not design...

recoiledsnake 14y ago

As I said in another comment, how is that going to help on a Chromebook that comes with 100GB/1TB of free cloud storage and ~9.5GB of available local space?

qompiler 14y ago
The Chromebook is Google's retarded child, we shouldn't challenge it or make fun it. Just let it be.

jganetsk 14y ago

This is exactly the same with Google Drive.