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Zumodrive Takes Cloud Storage And Syncing Up A Notch (YC S07)

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Re: Zumodrive Takes Cloud Storage And Syncing Up A Notch (YC S07)

#32

Post by gcv »

popat wrote: post #30
1gor wrote: post #18

Can anyone enlighten me what's the difference between Zumodrive and JungleDisk? I've been using the later for a year. It creates a 'limitless' network drive on my MacBook with 1GB local cache (size can be increased), while synching with my Amazon S3 account in the background is almost not noticeable. And by the way, JungleDisk simply passes Amazon S3 bandwidth/storage charges to me, no caps there; I can bypass it to…

also what the difference between zumodrive and dropbox (other yc co.)????

At least one thing: Dropbox synchronizes its directory, meaning that every machine linked to your account has a local copy of the data stored there. Zumodrive keeps most things remote, unless you explicitly ask to have a local copy (seems to support some form of policies for which things should be local). In theory, then, Zumodrive lets you go beyond your disk capacity, but it's a bit too expensive to just offload hundreds of gigabytes.

Also, Zumodrive doesn't seem to have sharing like Dropbox does..?

Re: Zumodrive Takes Cloud Storage And Syncing Up A Notch (YC S07)

#33

Post by gcv »

One problem: Java. The installer didn't find Java on one of my Windows machines, because I have the latest JDK installed in an unusual directory (and might not have run the official Sun installer, either). Maybe inspect JAVA_HOME before downloading and installing a whole new JRE, or better yet, let me specify where to find it?

Two: If you guys want to install MacFUSE, at least warn me. :)

Three: Java UI. I know, I know, I'm sorry for nit-picking, but I prefer native apps.

Re: Zumodrive Takes Cloud Storage And Syncing Up A Notch (YC S07)

#34

Post by keevon »

gcv wrote: post #32
popat wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

also what the difference between zumodrive and dropbox (other yc co.)????

At least one thing: Dropbox synchronizes its directory, meaning that every machine linked to your account has a local copy of the data stored there. Zumodrive keeps most things remote, unless you explicitly ask to have a local copy (seems to support some form of policies for which things should be local). In theory, then, Zumodrive lets you go beyond your disk capacity, but it's a bit too expensive to just offload hu…

Zumodrive actually supports sharing either by a public link or to a private email address. There is a share option in the right click context menu as well as on the web file browser.

Re: Zumodrive Takes Cloud Storage And Syncing Up A Notch (YC S07)

#35

Post by river_styx »

popat wrote: post #27
ajkirwin wrote: post #7

Gotta love it. "Unlimited storage!", they say. "Access your stuff anywhere!" Of course, you better not have TOO MUCH STUFF, or you'll run afoul of this tasty provision. General Conditions, 8. If your bandwidth usage significantly exceeds the average bandwidth usage (as determined solely by Company) of other customers of the Service, we reserve the right to immediately disable your account until you can reduce your ba…

exactly: and BTW whats the difference between dropbox and zumo?

Dropbox stores your files locally and syncs them with the files on the cloud. Zumo stores them only in the cloud and streams them to you on demand.

Re: Zumodrive Takes Cloud Storage And Syncing Up A Notch (YC S07)

#39

Post by keevon »

gcv wrote: post #33

One problem: Java. The installer didn't find Java on one of my Windows machines, because I have the latest JDK installed in an unusual directory (and might not have run the official Sun installer, either). Maybe inspect JAVA_HOME before downloading and installing a whole new JRE, or better yet, let me specify where to find it? Two: If you guys want to install MacFUSE, at least warn me. :) Three: Java UI. I know, I kn…

Thanks, I've filed a bug for the java check. There isn't much we can do about the Java UI though :)

Re: Zumodrive Takes Cloud Storage And Syncing Up A Notch (YC S07)

#40

Post by mrtron »

old-gregg wrote: post #5

I'm not sure why I'm so eager to post something sarcastic, possibly including words like "sshfs" and "already" mixed up with nasty stuff like "many years ago". Am I a bad person or what? P.S. And seeing another person asking for "linux support" doesn't help me to fight my sarcasm.

You are a tech person.

I see facebook as ridiculously simple. But people use it to store their photos online. Really.

If my Mom can't store her data online - it is a problem. Asking for linux support misses the point.

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