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alwaysmc2
It's not stupid; It's advanced!

I uploaded a video to YouTube, then I uploaded the high quality version to SkyDrive. I was going to use Box.net, which offers 1GB or storage, but only 10MB uploads. SkyDrive only offers 500MB, but allows 50MB uploads. I hope the storage space increases in the future, though...

With a little digging around, I can even find the URL of the file, so that I can post a link to download it, link to stream it in Windows Media Player, and of course I can go the designed rout, which is a link to the folder.

That's neat.

What does every one else think of SkyDrive?

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

alwaysmc2 wrote:
What does every one else think of SkyDrive?

The concept of online storage for non-trivially sized documents is flawed so long as we're limited to 256kbps upstream DSL/cable connections.

Sneakernet is more convienient, secure, and faster anyway.

alwaysmc2
It's not stupid; It's advanced!

W3bbo wrote:

alwaysmc2 wrote: What does every one else think of SkyDrive?

The concept of online storage for non-trivially sized documents is flawed so long as we're limited to 256kbps upstream DSL/cable connections.

Sneakernet is more convienient, secure, and faster anyway.

Sneakernet is definitely more secure, yes, but I don't know about faster and more convenient. Distributing CDs just wouldn't cut it for podcasts, or anything where the content creator wants to get as many people to consume the content as possible.
Plus I don't care about security in this case anyway. Cool

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

alwaysmc2 wrote:

W3bbo wrote:

alwaysmc2 wrote: What does every one else think of SkyDrive?

The concept of online storage for non-trivially sized documents is flawed so long as we're limited to 256kbps upstream DSL/cable connections.

Sneakernet is more convienient, secure, and faster anyway.

Sneakernet is definitely more secure, yes, but I don't know about faster and more convenient. Distributing CDs just wouldn't cut it for podcasts, or anything where the content creator wants to get as many people to consume the content as possible.
Plus I don't care about security in this case anyway.

I meant within the context of personal file storage.

For a place to shove files for the world to see, SkyDrive is fine. But even so I'd prefer my own private webspace or dedicated server.

TimP

W3bbo wrote:
The concept of online storage for non-trivially sized documents is flawed so long as we're limited to 256kbps upstream DSL/cable connections.

That's true. It's nice to see some ISPs (Comcast of all companies) working to alleviate the problem. I've noticed in the last month or two you get about 1.6 megabit uploads for the first 5-6MB, then it limits you down to 320 kilobits for the remainder of the transfer. It doesn't help the issue with uploading large files, but it's very convenient if you have to upload photos and music since they can generally fit in the high speed upload window. If you were uploading to a machine you had shell access on, you could split the file into 3-4MB chunks, upload them (you get the fast upload window for each separate file transfer), then rejoin them on the server.

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

TimP wrote:
If you were uploading to a machine you had shell access on, you could split the file into 3-4MB chunks, upload them (you get the fast upload window for each separate file transfer), then rejoin them on the server.

I just use WebDAV Smiley

mstefan
Windows SDK coders do it without a .NET

W3bbo wrote:

The concept of online storage for non-trivially sized documents is flawed so long as we're limited to 256kbps upstream DSL/cable connections.

Uh, say what? I think that 3Mbps down/ 768Kbps up is the most common DSL transfer rates in use today, at least in the major metro areas in the United States.

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

mstefan wrote:

W3bbo wrote:
The concept of online storage for non-trivially sized documents is flawed so long as we're limited to 256kbps upstream DSL/cable connections.

Uh, say what? I think that 3Mbps down/ 768Kbps up is the most common DSL transfer rates in use today, at least in the major metro areas in the United States.

Metropolitian USA accounts for what % of world Internet access? Smiley

In the UK, 256kbps upstream is the norm. If you're lucky you can get 386kbps, but that's pushing it. Even with 8mbps download speeds some providers still limit you to 256kbps.

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Ah, I love my school's 2.1 Mbps up (according to the Speakeasy speed test).

Cool

Unfortunately, my home DSL connection's not anywhere near that good. But, I'm not at home now, so what does that matter?

anand.t

The updated skydrive looks good. But I am still not brave enough to upload sensitive stuff to any 3rd party server

timacheson

I reccomend SkyDrive. It's free, all you need is a Hotmail or Windows Live account and that's free too.

I even use it to host and "stream" video for my blog:-

http://www.timacheson.com/Blog/2009/oct/hosting_video_and_web_apps_on_skydrive

SkyDrive serves video extremely fast, and any other file type too!

The next level up from SkyDrive is Azure, starting with Azure Storage. There is no official storage limit on Azure, but anecdotal evidence indicates hundreds of terabytes:

http://www.timacheson.com/Blog/2009/sep/azure_preview

magicalclick

I think it is pretty cool. I put my Favorites, Photos, and Docs on it. And pretty soon, I will be able to edit those Doc on skydrive, which is even better.