Need web storage...
Does anyone know of a product or service that offers some kind of iDisk type of storage system that can be accessed by multiple people, and is (obviously) Mac friendly?
I have a network of three or four creatives, that work remotely and need access to the same files. iDisk would work just fine, if it was faster and had much more capacity (like 30 GB).
Does anyone have any experience with something like this?
Talked to a few Windoze service providers, some of them mentioned something called VPN, not sure if that is what I'm looking for, or not.
Thanks in advance.
I have a network of three or four creatives, that work remotely and need access to the same files. iDisk would work just fine, if it was faster and had much more capacity (like 30 GB).
Does anyone have any experience with something like this?
Talked to a few Windoze service providers, some of them mentioned something called VPN, not sure if that is what I'm looking for, or not.
Thanks in advance.
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100 mb webspace
1 gig mail
250 mb picture space
What kind of files are they? Image, Movies, document, a mix?
How secure do they need to be?
At what kind of frequency are you transferring the data back and forth?
Something like rsync may be useful. It uses some cunning tricks so that if you change part of a file it only transmits the changed portions rather than the entire file.
But a simple FTP server may be useful or a perhaps a fake 'iDisk' WebDAV server depending on your needs.
Originally posted by mattjohndrow
how much is spymac?
I believe the plan quoted above is totally free.
I'm pretty sure it would be a WebDAV type thingy, that I could mount on my desktop (like iDisk), transfer files to or from on a daily basis (without having to use an FTP client). I can't believe this is as difficult as maybe I'm making it sound. I thought there would be lots of service providers that would offer this kinda thing, but on a larger scale than your typical iDisk or SpyMac.
Thanks anyway, everyone.
Originally posted by /\\ldie
www.spymac.com
100 mb webspace
1 gig mail
250 mb picture space
I just signed up for their service...do you get any SPAM from them??? How's the reliability?
Basically- whats bad about this?
Originally posted by burningwheel
i'm looking for a place that has lots gigs of transfer per month. anyone know a free site?
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Originally posted by Akumulator
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Our Free Web Hosting Package contains the following features:
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PHP / MySQL*
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cool. maybe i'll sign up!
edit: i need it to host some .mov's and you can't with your company
http://www.doteasy.com/
I pay for webhosting at 1and1.com. They're cheap and very good. For some things, I just ftp them to my Earthlink free hosting. Does your ISP provide any free space?
Originally posted by Akumulator
How about this one?
http://www.doteasy.com/
nah, they have little transfer fro the free account
Place the files you want to share in your "sites" folder in your Home directory and turn on "Personal Web Sharing" in System Preferences. It will tell you where other users can access your computer and any shared files in the sites folder. You can give out that address.
Depending on the amount of people that need access to the files, this may or may not be a great idea...and again, usually the ISP won't allow it, check with yours first before you do anything.
From your first post, "VPN" is Virtual Private Network. Basically, it'd allow you to link your computers directly over the internet, and hence let you access each other's files. It would require a central hub into which you connect, and if noone else was online at the same time you're stuck. While I've used it a couple of times, I'm afraid I don't know much more than that...
The best solution would probably be to get a server constantly connected to the net, and use that to store the files on. I'm not sure on the best way to link that to your computers - if Finder's FTP support enabled you to write data I'd say use that, but you'd probably have to go for a standalone FTP program - something like Transmit. Unless there's some magical way you can connect to a server on the Mac I haven't found yet... (I'm still new to them.)
With a server, either buy one yourself (a second-hand G4 PM or so would do the job easily) and have it sitting in an office constantly on and connected with a high-speed internet connection with a fixed IP, or go for someone like http://www.ev1servers.net/ and get one of their Celeron packages with Linux on it (assuming you can manage it and get everything set up nice and safely).
As for "free" or "unlimited" hosting packages; don't go for them. If your data's important, and you need to be able to access it quickly and reliably, pay for something of decent-quality that lists exactly what you get, and charges enough to stay in business. Otherwise it's like getting a free PowerBook with no innards, or one that claims it has unlimited processing power but in reality has a very fixed limit.
Hope that lot's useful.
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http://www.dropload.com
http://www.powow.com
try those....