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Location: The Gaff
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Good shout fella 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
22nd Dec 2013 8:17 pm
waterbuoy
Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: Argyll
Posts: 2884
Useful, but looks to be only for one year unless you get others to keep signing up.....Currently 2009 Disco 3 SE, 2013 MY D4 HSE and 2016 D4 SE
Previously:
TD5 Defender 110 CSW (230k miles)
300TDi Disco 1 (289k)
4 RR Classics (300-350k each, 2 manual, 2 auto)
110 V8 CSW (220k)
S3 109 hi cap pickup (ex RN)
S2A 88 Safari SW with lpg conversion (bloody lethal)
22nd Dec 2013 8:19 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72921
Am I the only one that doesn't use this cloud malarkey?
22nd Dec 2013 8:22 pm
Robbie
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Posts: 17932
Running out of paper tape for your paper tape reader Del?
(I don't cloud either)Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
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22nd Dec 2013 8:25 pm
Dave^
Member Since: 23 Jun 2013
Location: West Yorks
Posts: 706
I use dropbox for work stuff and current car stuff, a massive help when you have multiple pcs/laptops/phones/tablets/etc...
I don't have photos/music/videos/anything personal on there though...flickr
22nd Dec 2013 8:26 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72921
Robbie wrote:
Running out of paper tape for your paper tape reader Del?
(I don't cloud either)
2 x 1gb external drives for backups, as & when I remember.
22nd Dec 2013 8:30 pm
waterbuoy
Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: Argyll
Posts: 2884
I didn't until last month, when my father managed to screw up his PC and we found out that he wasn't keeping up with the backup system that we had put together for him last year (simply saving all his files onto a usb stick every week).
We have now set up a joint cloud storage account which means that (a) I can help him with any file issues when required, and (b) I can access files from whatever PC/laptop/tablet I am using at that time. I don't put everything onto the cloud, just files which are used frequently or that are current.
Like many, I am wary of the security of the different systems and prefer to pay for a modest service on which I place information which, on the whole, is neither commercially sensitive nor (hopefully) likely to get me into hot water
Does anyone out there have experience of using cloud based software? My concern is that it will simply bee too slow with out very rural broadband service which struggles to average 1MBpsCurrently 2009 Disco 3 SE, 2013 MY D4 HSE and 2016 D4 SE
Previously:
TD5 Defender 110 CSW (230k miles)
300TDi Disco 1 (289k)
4 RR Classics (300-350k each, 2 manual, 2 auto)
110 V8 CSW (220k)
S3 109 hi cap pickup (ex RN)
S2A 88 Safari SW with lpg conversion (bloody lethal)
22nd Dec 2013 8:31 pm
DG Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50971
Cant see where you have to pay after a year ...just say rewnew your free 100gb https://www.surdoc.com/trybuy/viewplans/21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
22nd Dec 2013 8:34 pm
waterbuoy
Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: Argyll
Posts: 2884
If you read some of the feedback reviews on the original link then there are grumbles about this. Freely admit that goalposts may have changed since then.
However, site owners posted just a few days ago that
SurDoc Corp. 20 December 2013
You can extend your free storage by inviting friends to sign up and use SurDoc. Currently 2009 Disco 3 SE, 2013 MY D4 HSE and 2016 D4 SE
Previously:
TD5 Defender 110 CSW (230k miles)
300TDi Disco 1 (289k)
4 RR Classics (300-350k each, 2 manual, 2 auto)
110 V8 CSW (220k)
S3 109 hi cap pickup (ex RN)
S2A 88 Safari SW with lpg conversion (bloody lethal)
22nd Dec 2013 8:40 pm
epninety
Member Since: 12 Oct 2012
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 327
If you use a cloud to access data from several computers, rather than as additional storage space, then BitTorrent Sync is well worth a look.
It's uses the 'torrent' technology, to sync folders between your various PCs, over your local network or over the web.
I'm running it on Windows and Linux PCs, a BSD server, a Raspberry Pi and on my phone
In the simplest case, it keeps the 'working' folder on my office and home PCs in sync, meaning I don't have to remember to put stuff on a USB stick all the time.
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72921
I didn't understand 85% of that!!
22nd Dec 2013 8:45 pm
DG Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50971
waterbuoy wrote:
If you read some of the feedback reviews on the original link then there are grumbles about this. Freely admit that goalposts may have changed since then.
However, site owners posted just a few days ago that
SurDoc Corp. 20 December 2013
You can extend your free storage by inviting friends to sign up and use SurDoc.
Fairplay though ISTR Dropbox (which I use a lot) said that in the beginning ..I've not paid them a penny in a few years 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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22nd Dec 2013 8:48 pm
DiscoStu
Member Since: 09 Apr 2006
Location: London
Posts: 11412
I've invited each of my other seven email addresses They're happy with it too
22nd Dec 2013 9:29 pm
SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Romiley
Posts: 13710
box.net is still free since i got 50Gb with my touchpad in 2011Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
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