jatoth
I've never truly gotten why so many people trust/use "cloud" storage.
External drives are dirt cheap. $70-80 per TB. Why rent "cloud" space?
Has anyone tried to upload a couple hundred gigs to the cloud? Not what I want to spend my time doing. Also, the reality is "cloud" storage is nothing more than saving your stuff on someone else's computer. Maybe it's my age or the fact that I have spent the last 34 years in IT, but I don't want anyone else responsible for my data.
 

I think most people use cloud storage as an extra layer of protection. NO form of backup is 100% certain - your external drive could perish in a flood or fire along with your main drive. The same can be said about cloud storage. Having both on the go certainly pushes the envelope closer to 100%.

It's amazing how many people have everything including their heads in a "cloud". Better download it before you "loose" it.

As I learned in grade school... and from simple observation... clouds form and disappear all the time. They are dynamic not static, so I think using the term "cloud" is both appropriate and a warning. You can be floating on cloud 9 one second and falling to the ground the next. Which begs the question: "Why would you put anything in a cloud that you don't already have backed up somewhere close by?"
 
I, for one, don't trust clouds for anything. They form today and dissipate tomorrow. A few in the sky look pretty. Too many turns the sky dark, dreary and menacing. The whole concept to me flies in the face of reason. You'd be far better off to use a safety deposit box.
 
Maybe the "sky" really is falling.

soens
As I learned in grade school... and from simple observation... clouds form and disappear all the time. They are dynamic not static, so I think using the term "cloud" is both appropriate and a warning. You can be floating on cloud 9 one second and falling to the ground the next. Which begs the question: "Why would you put anything in a cloud that you don't already have backed up somewhere close by?"
 
I, for one, don't trust clouds for anything. They form today and dissipate tomorrow. A few in the sky look pretty. Too many turn the sky dark, dreary and menacing.

Completely OT, but aside from the fact that I agree with your sentiment, that's some pretty good writing. 

I recently had to transfer ~40TB fast (locally) to new hardware/software architecture. I could not get more then 120MB/Sec, so that was not fun at all. I am too drunk to calculate how many months it could take with a cloud service...

Anderton
Completely OT, .... 

Aren't I usually?!

Interesting... I have quite a bit of storage with both the Sonar granted space (no longer the permanent it was advertised to be) as well as more that I won online...

Funny, but I've never used any of it. Too many reasons with the current issue being a prime one. I have a hard time trusting someone, somewhere else with my work... I do my own backups and even leave copies at other peoples' homes for extra safety... A bit of work keeping everything updated, but I feel fairly secure... Satellite internet with slow speeds and download limitations kept me from even considering it for collaborations and the system they designed seemed far to invasive to enable... Not that anyone is collaborating with me anyway! ;-)

As to they're new reply? Better, but still too insidious... Methods of forcing people to spend/buy more. Am I mistaken about the Sonar supplied space? Was that not "permanent"? Well... We know nothing is ever permanent, eh? ;-)

I've been using Dropbox since it published and it works fine and they seem a bit more grounded...? Easy enough for me to upload a project to a private Dropbox folder and update it if/when necessary. If I pay attention, I only have to upload any changed wav files and the Sonar project file... A bit painful, but doable... It would be nice to have a system that does as I'm told gobbler does, but I have now lost what little trust I might have had for them...

As was said here regarding Cakewalk's integrity with it's 3rd party collaborations, I too felt they must be pretty solid to be associated... But even the best of intentions can be ruined by happenings in the real world...

I for one believe that they should leave their' 1.0 system intact for those who are using and satisfied with it and add the 2.0 system as what they will now sell... Much like a store selling it's old stock as the manufacturer doesn't make it anymore... It might be all that client needs/wants and already bought!

...and then the upgrade path should have a method of migrating to the new system! We're not talking about a few picture files of web density here. These are large collections of large files!

I feel badly for those using and depending on it already. I guess I'm lucky I had pitiful internet so that I never even tried...

I can't help but think about this as an insurance company... The tone of their thoughts makes me feel like I'm being hustled!

I hope everyone manages this upset without too much agony or frustration...

Keni

mike_mccue
Network solutions will give you 300GB storage and unlimited bandwidth for $120 a year and they have been 24/7/365 for the past two decades.
 
But, there is a catch. You have to know how to use a ftp application. :-S
 
Oh my.

I'm fine with FTP and occasionally use it, but the tiem it takes me to teach a client to use it, i could have walked cross country and delivered files by hand.

soens

Anderton
Completely OT, .... 

Aren't I usually?!

Actually I was referring to my comment...most folks here don't comment on the quality of other peoples' writing

Gobbler is scaring me.  I think I'll stick to my portable hard drives for now.  

I mean, without wanting to stick the boot in, to me, they've just demonstrated that they fundamentally don't understand the point of back-up.

I just un-installed it. I wasn't using it anyway and I'm sure not going to in the future.

It appears Gobbler does not own their own servers, and the concept for collaboration is okay, but for backups is flawed especially regarding bandwidth. FWIW, a personal domain with unlimited storage runs around 6USD a month, and there are free tools to synch files out there, but bandwidth is again the true issue with "cloud."

mike_mccue
Share the love:
 
http://developer.gobbler.com/revenue-co-marketing/
 

Revenue & Co-Marketing

We believe in sharing the love: When your users sign up for Gobbler through your app, you get 15% of their subscription fees. Forever. We also love co-marketing to promote our partners online, at events, meetups, etc. For more information, contact bizdev@gobbler.com
 

Wow,  that makes it sound like a pyramid scheme...

Since the beginning, I had a bad feeling about Gobbler, fortunately, I followed my instincts and never used it...

 
Just out of interest, how much are the various paid for Gobbler accounts?
 
I've just been scanning around their website and I can't find any prices anywhere