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This sounds nice but I'm afraid I can't trust Google with my storage needs due the constant nagging feeling that all my stuff could be gone tomorrow and I would

by darreld 13y ago

This sounds nice but I'm afraid I can't trust Google with my storage needs due the constant nagging feeling that all my stuff could be gone tomorrow and I would have no recourse. The stories of accounts being turned off for unknown (to the users) reasons are pretty scary to me. The last one was due to the contents of a file in the user's Google Docs account. At this point, Amazon and even SkyDrive sound like safer bets, as odd as that sounds. Maybe with a little more access to customer support I'd be less queasy.

rsync 13y ago
We (rsync.net) offered HN readers[1] 10c/GB, per month pricing, for life earlier this month ... I have no idea if you're interested in SSH-enabled storage, or if you use CLI tools at all, but if you do, email us. We are the safe bet you're looking for. We've also been doing it much longer than the others you mentioned. [1] New customers only, please.
- deleted 13y ago
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- jodrellblank 13y ago
  [1] New customers only, please. http://www.visit4ads.com/details.cfm?adid=32693 http://www.visit4ads.com/details.cfm?adid=32693 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H--tdhf1DPg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H--tdhf1DPg
- corobo 13y ago
  Feeling a little stung as I've used rsync.net since 2009 and am on 72c/GB... :(
rjd 13y ago
To add to your fears I had catastrophic syncing issues last few. Stupidly enough I had turned off local backups thinking Google would be better. 10gb of design files gone. I still haven't worked out what happened but there where 5 computers syncing the files at work, something got muddled and deleted everything off all the computers at once. All I know for sure is somehow they where modified by a person who wasn't at work that day (and hence not on there PC). They where then deleted, but not available in the online trash, gone off all computers but not moved to the local trash as the forums so it should of, and all history had disappeared from the online drive. They still appeared how ever if I did a search for them, you just couldn't navigate to them or find them in through any other part of the UI. So I did manage to zip them all up and get my data back. Anyway lesson learned, and for me its dropbox and local backups from now on. All trust lost for me. I have no idea if it was syncing, an error in the cloud, or someone in the office, but yeah total loss of trust for me.
- kyrra 13y ago
  There was a discussion on HN about this last year, but with Dropbox being the issue: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4703943 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4703943 Dropbox, Google Drive, Skydrive are more of folder mirroring, much like RAID is data mirroring. Any good sysadmin will remind you that RAID provides protection against hardware failures, but in no way is data backup or protection. Onsite and Offsite backups are always important.
icebraining 13y ago
In my opinion, you shouldn't trust any single provider. Google is a good option for one of the copies (encrypted, of course, if you want any kind of privacy).
abrahamsen 13y ago
There are similar stories about SkyDrive, e.g. http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyclay/2012/07/19/is-microsoft-spying-on-skydrive-users/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyclay/2012/07/19/is-microsof... I suspect the reason there are more stories HN about Google accounts being closed for bad reasons is that there are more users on HN that depends on Google accounts. Note that all such reports should be viewed with some suspicion, we typically only get one side of the story, and often some important detail is left out. Here is an amusing reddit thread where ArenaNet publicly answers people who claimed they were banned for inappropriate names: http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/yxx3m/suspensions_for_offensive_names_and_inappropriate/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/yxx3m/suspension...

by darreld 13y ago

rsync 13y ago

We (rsync.net) offered HN readers[1] 10c/GB, per month pricing, for life earlier this month ... I have no idea if you're interested in SSH-enabled storage, or if you use CLI tools at all, but if you do, email us. We are the safe bet you're looking for. We've also been doing it much longer than the others you mentioned. [1] New customers only, please.

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jodrellblank 13y ago
[1] New customers only, please. http://www.visit4ads.com/details.cfm?adid=32693 http://www.visit4ads.com/details.cfm?adid=32693 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H--tdhf1DPg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H--tdhf1DPg
corobo 13y ago
Feeling a little stung as I've used rsync.net since 2009 and am on 72c/GB... :(

rjd 13y ago

To add to your fears I had catastrophic syncing issues last few. Stupidly enough I had turned off local backups thinking Google would be better. 10gb of design files gone. I still haven't worked out what happened but there where 5 computers syncing the files at work, something got muddled and deleted everything off all the computers at once. All I know for sure is somehow they where modified by a person who wasn't at work that day (and hence not on there PC). They where then deleted, but not available in the online trash, gone off all computers but not moved to the local trash as the forums so it should of, and all history had disappeared from the online drive. They still appeared how ever if I did a search for them, you just couldn't navigate to them or find them in through any other part of the UI. So I did manage to zip them all up and get my data back. Anyway lesson learned, and for me its dropbox and local backups from now on. All trust lost for me. I have no idea if it was syncing, an error in the cloud, or someone in the office, but yeah total loss of trust for me.

kyrra 13y ago
There was a discussion on HN about this last year, but with Dropbox being the issue: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4703943 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4703943 Dropbox, Google Drive, Skydrive are more of folder mirroring, much like RAID is data mirroring. Any good sysadmin will remind you that RAID provides protection against hardware failures, but in no way is data backup or protection. Onsite and Offsite backups are always important.

icebraining 13y ago

In my opinion, you shouldn't trust any single provider. Google is a good option for one of the copies (encrypted, of course, if you want any kind of privacy).

abrahamsen 13y ago

There are similar stories about SkyDrive, e.g. http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyclay/2012/07/19/is-microsoft-spying-on-skydrive-users/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyclay/2012/07/19/is-microsof... I suspect the reason there are more stories HN about Google accounts being closed for bad reasons is that there are more users on HN that depends on Google accounts. Note that all such reports should be viewed with some suspicion, we typically only get one side of the story, and often some important detail is left out. Here is an amusing reddit thread where ArenaNet publicly answers people who claimed they were banned for inappropriate names: http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/yxx3m/suspensions_for_offensive_names_and_inappropriate/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/yxx3m/suspension...