Do you use Cloud Storage?

[AlTech]

mods - If this is in the wrong section I do apologize but I couldn't find a more appropriate section.

 

Do you guys use Cloud Storage? If so who provides it, How much do you use and how much do you pay for it?

[AresKrieger]

Google drive, because it's free, 60GB available 20ish used.

[minibois]

Occasionally and only because it's sometimes just a bit easier  than the alternatives. For example when I take a picture on my phone and need it on my PC, I upload the picture from my phone to Google Drive and download it on my PC. Sometimes I also use it a bit more serious, like on projects with a team.

I don't want cloud storage to be my main storage way though and see it as an extra thing, while I also should have other backups method (like multiple external hard drives).

 

And as of now I don't really feel like paying for it, since I have 20GB of Google Drive storage and it's plenty for me.

 

EDIT: oh and I use Google Docs so I use cloud storage like that too, but usually I download a copy too.

[AlTech]

Ah fuck. It's not updating.

 

It works now.

[crysilis]

9 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

mods - If this is in the wrong section I do apologize but I couldn't find a more appropriate section.

 

Do you guys use Cloud Storage? If so who provides it, How much do you use and how much do you pay for it?

google drive

I have 15 gbs

and its great for transfering/saving anything I want

I mostly use it for documents

[Techicolors]

pretty useful for simple documents and backing up parts of my phone. also good for backing up save files when steam doesn't cloud save 

[vanished]

There's no free option - I get 1 TB of OneDrive free for a year as an apology from Microsoft after they messed with everyone's plans following the whole "unlimited" scandal.

[AlTech]

2 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

There's no free option - I get 1 TB of OneDrive free for a year as an apology from Microsoft after they messed with everyone's plans following the whole "unlimited" scandal.

Fixed it.

[Energycore]

I literally just started using it and that's because there are just so many WhatsApp images that I don't want in my main storage but might need to bring up at some point.

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2 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Fixed it.

That option would also be necessary for all the people on Google Drive, etc. so... good

[AlTech]

1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

That option would also be necessary for all the people on Google Drive, etc. so... good

Not necessarily but I see your point.

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4 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Not necessarily but I see your point.

well I think the vast majority actually are on free plans of one sort or another

[AlTech]

1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

well I think the vast majority actually are on free plans of one sort or another

That's what I meant. there are some people who pay for Google Drive.

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1 minute ago, AluminiumTech said:

That's what I meant. there are some people who pay for Google Drive.

Some, but I bet that's rather uncommon.  I guess we'll see since find that out is the point of the poll!  

[AlTech]

2 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Some, but I bet that's rather uncommon.  I guess we'll see since find that out is the point of the poll!  

You can't though cos it doesn't break it down like Google Forms. You can't see individual results. The results are combined.

[AlTech]

3 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Some, but I bet that's rather uncommon.  I guess we'll see since find that out is the point of the poll!  

I did ask for individual results but I was refused that on the grounds of being able to use Google Forms.

 

Also, this is quite necessary.

 

[MiketheGingerGuy]

26 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

mods - If this is in the wrong section I do apologize but I couldn't find a more appropriate section.

 

Do you guys use Cloud Storage? If so who provides it, How much do you use and how much do you pay for it?

I personally Don't Like To use cloud storage just because I know that any employer thats high enough in rank could easily see my files and what I'm up to, personally I only use it for school because it's free and stuff that I would'nt mind being looked at.

[Lurick]

Does CrashPlan count? If so then yes, and I use a hell of a lot of it.

Otherwise, not really. Most of my stuff is either kept local because it's required to be local or I will every so often upload a picture to Imgur or something but beyond that, nothing.

[othertomperson]

No. Local storage and actually being in control of your own data ftw.

[iamdarkbowser]

Almost all of the things I store on my computer are programs, my server holds all the everything else.

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2 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

I did ask for individual results but I was refused that on the grounds of being able to use Google Forms.

 

Also, this is quite necessary.

 

well so far none of the 3 people who said they pay are using google drive... 

[AlTech]

7 hours ago, iamdarkbowser said:

Almost all of the things I store on my computer are programs, my server holds all the everything else.

What do you use as a server and specs pls?

[Guest]

Couldn't resist - exactly why I use my own cloud.

 

[AlTech]

2 minutes ago, Windspeed36 said:

Couldn't resist - exactly why I use my own cloud.

 

I thought you had your own cloud storage server

[Guest]

1 minute ago, AluminiumTech said:

I thought you had your own cloud storage server

I do - for personal use,  currently a pair of ML10V2 servers with a QNAP 4 bay as a storage target. Soon to be replaced with DL380 G8's using the ML10v2's as ISCSI targets via 10gig.