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Andrew H. · 10-22-2011, 04:41 PM

I use dropbox a lot, but, as others have noted, it's not so much cloud storage as cloud syncing. It's a good way to keep documents available between my work computer, home computer, netbook, iphone, and ipad. I also have a shared folder with my gf that we use *a lot* - often while in the same room.

I use an external HD for backup, but I also use CrashPlan, an online backup service basically like Mozy or Carbonite. I don't entirely trust it, but I trust it much more than I do HDs, several of which I've had fail on me. So I use both. It's nice that CrashPlan is offsite, too.

I have 400+ GBs on CrashPlan, which took weeks to upload.

10-22-2011, 04:41 PM	#53
Andrew H. Grand Master of Flowers Posts: 2,201 Karma: 8389072 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Naptown Device: Kindle PW, Kindle 3 (aka Keyboard), iPhone, iPad 3 (not for reading)	I use dropbox a lot, but, as others have noted, it's not so much cloud storage as cloud syncing. It's a good way to keep documents available between my work computer, home computer, netbook, iphone, and ipad. I also have a shared folder with my gf that we use a lot - often while in the same room. I use an external HD for backup, but I also use CrashPlan, an online backup service basically like Mozy or Carbonite. I don't entirely trust it, but I trust it much more than I do HDs, several of which I've had fail on me. So I use both. It's nice that CrashPlan is offsite, too. I have 400+ GBs on CrashPlan, which took weeks to upload.