Lifetime cloud storage: Pro's versus cons?

[b1k3rdude]

So a ad-article popped up in the TPU main page and for the price, that's is a very good deal -

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And the first thing I checked was where are the server and the company based, Its Germany so I can be reasonably confident that my privacy/data would be respected (that said the files would be client-side encrypted before upload). I then checked what protocols and platforms are supported -

• Windows
• Web & mobile (iOS, Android, Windows Phone) - who still uses windows phone
• WebDAV

The import bit for me is webdav, as its means my Synology can backup to Koofr - https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/how-to-backup-your-synology-nas-to-koofr-with-webdav

Do any other TPU members use Koofr and if so how? What's the service been like reliability/speed, and what platform. How valid if the lifetime claim and are there any alternatives out there, do they have all of the both positive points..?

 

[chrcoluk]

I am sceptical of long term pricing models as inevitably it seems they will end up with a funding problem when the sign ups slow down, and they will at some point. I think if you trusting a vendor with your data, analysis of its long term viability isn't unreasonable.

However they do have standardised revenue stream products and they have been around for 7 years at this point, so its probably worth a punt.

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I like that they publically show public sharing transfer limits which look a lot higher then the likes of google drive.

Because it isnt one of the big boys you might struggle to get it to work integrated with file based apps (this might not be a concern though), and looking at it, it looks like its a typical consumer product designed to be used with their windows based app. WebDv support has got my interest for direct mounting on a BSD/Linux based NAS as an example, as these usually seem to be considered enterprise features.

https://www.reddit.com/r/koofrnet/comments/18swsi4

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
I'd lean more to local cloud more for items I care about and third party cloud for items I don't care about.
Just an example

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[b1k3rdude]

I'd lean more to local cloud more for items I care about and third party cloud for items I don't care about.
Just an example

Fair point but if your gonna do that then a Pi based solution would be preferable, there have been too many instances of crap happening with those WD based consumer network products to the point no one in thier right mind should be using one.

 

[ThrashZone]

Fair point but if your gonna do that then a Pi based solution would be preferable, there have been too many instances of crap happening with those WD based consumer network products to the point no one in thier right mind should be using one.

Hi,
Yep that was just a good example not the gear to do it with

The free storage offering are fairly generous atm so it's way to much than I'd ever use.

It's the personal/ family goodies the money is better spent on local solutions.
1tb of the storage you refer to for the price isn't all that good since larger HDD's are pretty reasonable now days even ssd's designed like hdd's are reasonable priced in 2tb... sizes.