DropBox.com 'nuf said.
On Jul 29, 2010, at 1:33 PM, Erika L. Rich wrote: > > I probably know the answer to this, but the brain has so many things > swirling around in it I feel like Kelly Bundy today. > > PLEASE NOTE: I am NOT a Mac user. I have a PC. All your Mac solutions keep > to yourself, thank you. One day I will get a MBP, but it isn't today. > > > My wish and want. Very long. Prepare yourselves. > > I have a local folder (MyDocs) on my laptop, where I save all my data in a > very organized multi-level folder manner. And I mean everything digital that > I use to run my empire. (muwhahahaaaaaaaa....) > > Anyway. I back this up thrice. Once to another desktop in the office. Once > to an external Western Digital external. Once to a FreeAgent external. Yeah > I'm a freak, whatever. AND I have two online backup services for the really > important stuff. Carbonite and Mozy. > > ***That all said an covered, so ya'll know I'm not talking about a backup > service...*** > > > For collaboration, I use Basecamp. Easy to use. Great plugins. 3rd party > apps, iphone apps, etc. LOVE it. I have storage there so customers can share > files, we keep a paper trail of requests. Files are always there in case we > need to go back and get an original, etc. > > ***That said an covered, so ya'll know I'm not talking about a project > management service.*** > > > Ya'll still with me? Have I been explicit enough so far? :) > > > What I would like is to no longer save my files for everyday work, locally. > If I have a team of people I work with, remotely, I want to have all my > files up in the cloud, but I want to access them just like I would now. > Through Windows Explorer. A mapped network drive is fine as well. This way, > me, my team, contractors, hubby, we can all access ONE SPOT for files we > need every day. Open them locally. Do what we need, put them back. > > I know this is not a unique experience. :) But like I said - Kelly Bundy. > The thoughts are falling out of my head. > > My internet connection at the house is NOT reliable. I am not putting a T1 > line in either, so storing them on a dedicated box, at home, no good. So > don't go there. > > THE BIG QUESTION!!!! > > Are there any services online, in the cloud, that can be my "folder" for my > everyday data storage? Secure. Encrypted. With permissions so I can give > other people access to those same folders. > > I thought I could use one of my servers in my datacenter, with a secondary > harddrive, and map that ... that's always up. 99.8% of the time. > > Would that be my easiest, cheapest, already in place, solution? If so - what > software do I need to keep the files synced? > > Is there something better I'm not quite seeing clearly? > > If you have read all this --- I thank you profusely. :) And with muffins... > > /me puts plate of fresh baked steaming Blueberry Cinnamon whole grain > muffins with crumbly topping on the table. > > -Erika > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:324105 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
