Posted on 03/03/2009 9:31:49 AM PST by george76
Google Drive, or Gdrive as it is better known, has to be the most anticipated Google product so far. When it arrives, Gdrive will likely cause a major paradigm shift in how we use computers and bring Google one step closer to dethroning Windows on your desktop.
The service has the potential to eclipse even Gmail, Google's second best-known product after their google.com search engine. That said, it's no wonder users have been ripe with anticipation for years - yes, that's how long the rumors have persisted. Gdrive is basically online storage where Google servers have enough capacity to hold the entire contents of your hard drive. It will likely also come with enough brains to do cool tricks now with bigger things down the road - like booting your computer from online drive to load the Google operating system.
Gdrive is basically a cloud-based storage that should have two faces: A desktop client that keeps local and online files and folders in two-directional sync via a web interface for accessing your desktop files anywhere and anytime, using any network-enabled computer. In addition, it will come tightly integrated with other Google services ...
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IOW need the internet to access my personal files which can be hacked by anyone?
no thanks.
this is zip drive tech in a sdhc world.
solid state drives are already here.
Internet appliance.
web pc
this is just a lame attempt to “subscription” data.
I would never trust ANY law firm that uses this technology.
In fact if any business is bonded, no employee data should be allowed.
If anything a business should block google since such “storage” would compromise corporate security.
How many companies forbid even usb drives?
Um, yeah, about that.....no.
Yeah, I just love how anybody that sells anything thinks they should comply with any request from law enforcement, no channels needed, no court order, no nothing. We’re so “patriotic” we’ll screw over our CUSTOMERS on a mere request, no due process required. Constitution, we don’t need no steenkin Constitution.
Unless you're planning to troll through the data and sell what you find to the cops or the storer's competitors, or just wait till they get dependent on it and start charging $1 a megabyte or something.
I used to store files in my early multiple gmail accounts.
Truth is I never have found much of anything to store, through a great amount of effort and downloading free software from giveawayoftheday I have managed to finally get to a point where I can justify a 40g HD.
Good plan. I back up everything to a Seagate USB drive, swapping it every week with another and storing it in my BOL' gun safe in another city. I'm pretty sure the Memeo Auto Backup software is actually rsync with a wrapper.
I also back up all non-sensitive files additionally to a password-protected web server.
I would consider using Google for backing up non-sensitive files. I won't put sensitive or financial data online. Period. And I wouldn't rely on online storage alone. What if the company goes bankrupt?
If there’s a way to hook up a backup/encryption client like JungleDrive through an API to this it’s a win as far as I’m concerned.
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