Re: Cloud storage
Posted by
Gary Schiltz-4 on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Cloud-storage-tp7582450p7582614.html
I can't imagine doing any kind of work that evolves over time (even a few days' time) without using some kind of revision control system. I don't know how much people use git for purposes other than software, but it seems like a reasonable means of backing up and tracking revisions of any type of file. Github offers private repositories starting at $7 per month. I investigated whether any of the cloud storage providers also offer any type of revision control.
Gary
I, too, am paying for a large Dropbox account, but here are a couple things I don't like about it.- I use it to share the development of a lot of projects. But if one of the team members deletes a file, it is deleted for all of us. Hey, let me manange MY file system, please.
- There is a tool called Packrat, which allows one to recover deleted files, but since I don't have to use it every day (gracias a dios), I can never remember how to open up good ol' Packrat. All DropBox would have to do is put a button/icon on my homepage and let me dive in. Or down.
- One can't share individual files, but only complete folders. That, too, is less than ideal.
So like Russ, I'll go ahead and install the Amazon tool and give it a test drive.
-tj
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