Comments on: Microsoft Bumps Online Storage To 5GB

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By: IT News and Information » New Zealand added to Windows? free online storage service

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:46:24 +0000

[...] comments on various blogs and forums have been positive about the boosted storage, but some users have been less enthusiastic [...]

By: Clod Vander

Clod Vander — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:32:52 +0000

The 50mb limit per file makes this not very useful for file storage but perhaps only image sharing and storage. There have been unsubstantiated reports of bandwidth limits of 1GB per month. I will stick with http://www.dumpplace.com 6GB of storage and 250mb limit on free accounts.

By: Tech Weekly

Tech Weekly — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:22:03 +0000

I have to agree right not MS is behind the curve and needs to make Skydrive mappable from a computer and I would think that Google would have jumped into this online storage frenzy that is starting and set the record straight.

Until then Xdrive mapped as an alternate drive on your pc or accessed via Xdrives desktop Lite Adobe Air ap will have to do.

Tech Weekly

By: Carlo Pasaol

Carlo Pasaol — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:56:01 +0000

I agree with chinmaya…. It has to have an ftp-like interface…

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:38:37 +0000

Microsoft is STILL behind the curve.

GMail Drive shell extension’s been around forever. Check it out at http://www.viks.../code/gmail.htm

By: ThatOtherGuy

ThatOtherGuy — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:12:40 +0000

I just used SkyDrive yesterday. I have a fairly strong tech background and it took some fiddling to figure out how to share a file with a client. Once I figured it out, we discoverd that clicking the file link would download a corrupted version of the file while “sending” it to your drive worked fine.

I have tried many remote drive services, including Xdrive. I haven’t found one that deals appropriately with concurrency so collaboration is a problem if you have more than one person mapping the drive. If you don’t need to colaborate, what for do you need online storage? Use a stick.

I have found Xdrive to be nearly unusable in terms of speed and function. Few others allow you to actually map the drive from a desktop. Even when you do get a drive mapped, it usually times out.

As far as a free storage place to share files SkyDrive should work just fine. But for any heavy duty situation, a VPN or FTP server solution is going to be the ticket. (I know, SkyDrive isn’t trying to be a heavy duty solution.)

Upping the anty? Good for Microsoft!

By: John P.

John P. — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:31:29 +0000

@IanDanforth #37

There is SteekR (http://www.steekr.com) that offers what you want, available in several languages.

“a copy of my hard drive which is accessible from anywhere, synced with my main machine, secure, shareable (in whole or by file), and usable over a 5mbit connection”

XDrive is also a good solution but it is full of bugs. Dot Mac may also suit your needs if you’re on a Mac.

By: Vin

Vin — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:44:58 +0000

Interesting… but I like http://www.xdrive.com. They give 5GB for free with aol account and you can map the online space to Windows Explorer as a drive. (X: Drive)

By: Tech Lookz » Microsoft Bumps Skydrive to 5gb

Tech Lookz » Microsoft Bumps Skydrive to 5gb — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:59:11 +0000

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By: jc

jc — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:38:07 +0000

storage is one thing. using it like a remote hard drive is quite another. getting 5 gig out there is probably not hard. using the 5 gig like a hardrive or collaborating on files, that is quite another.

By: Victor Shamanovsky

Victor Shamanovsky — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:53:49 +0000

My hotmail account through officelive is 10 gigs and growing

By: lion

lion — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:50:31 +0000

Seems like Gdrive will be launched very soon.

By: CanCar

CanCar — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:50:05 +0000

I’d rather trust my files to SkyDrive than any one-person maintained website. There are TONS of storage service out there. One from Microsoft is definitely something to be cheered on.

By: Fabio

Fabio — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:36:46 +0000

Well, I didn’t figure out all the features yet but it seems pretty simple and it seems cumbersome to upload many files as you are not allowed to select a whole bunch of files and upload it. The quickest workaround is to zip all files into one, but that is also cumbersome for when you want to retrieve a particular file back.

Maybe this will be worked on the future.

By: Tiago

Tiago — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:27:24 +0000

well…great news, except it seems like its not available in Colombia as you say. was that a “will be available”?

anyways, cant wait to try it out

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:14:39 +0000

I have been using SkyDrive and I have found it very difficult to use. I came across digitalbucket.net backed by Amazon S3 with really cool UI and full of nice features. They deserve to mention here.

By: IanDanforth

IanDanforth — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:54:35 +0000

I find the online storage space to be … strangely useless. When it comes to documents I need so little space that I can put them any number of places. When it comes to photos I want to share them mostly, not store them, and so SmugMug, Flickr, Facebook get my custom. When it comes to video, most services don’t let me automatically stream whatever I’ve uploaded, which is what I need. When it comes to larger files, my connection is insufficient for regular use, and my external hard drive far superior for regular backups.

Ideally, and please correct me if you think I’m nuts, I just want a copy of my hard drive which is accessible from anywhere, synced with my main machine, secure, shareable (in whole or by file), and usable over a 5mbit connection (which is standard for my various access points).

Anyone know of a service like this?

-Ian

By: lonifasiko

lonifasiko — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:46:03 +0000

I do also agree…SkyDrive is an online storage service, while GMail is a online mail service that lets you “storage” files and documents, but not in such a tidy way. Using GMail for storage would result in a little big chaos….

Regards.

By: Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:28:27 +0000

Car 32
Gmail isn’t unlimited, but that’s irrelevant, this is a cloud online storage product, not email.

YDrive 33
true. Taken them this long to add all those countries as well.

By: Tippo

Tippo — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:19:25 +0000

The increase is good and also the fact that its now available here in Australia.

By: YDRIVE

YDRIVE — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:54:19 +0000

5GB is fair, but support to Asian countries is weak.

By: CAR

CAR — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:39:29 +0000

wow 5gb that is so much…. gmail and my yahoo are both unlimited.

By: Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:23:13 +0000

Tom #22
It’s news, I don’t need to revisit the entire online storage space every time we post news on it, but I take your point, although mention that to the trolls of late

Tim #29
We’ve covered Box.net and others in this space extensively before. This is simply MS news, not a long piece on all the competitors in this space, the Google reference though is apt in terms of Microsoft leading in one vertical over Google which is why I chucked it in.

SackofTruth #24
see my Twitter comment on that subject for further reference

By: Tim-TechFruit

Tim-TechFruit — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:51:22 +0000

Why does no-one mention Box.net when talking about comparisons with Skydrive or GDrive/Platypus?

Box may only offer 1GB of storage (and I think it’s great news MS is upping the ante on this), but their interface blows Skydrive out of the water. Skydrive doesn’t even offer an upload progress bar for uploads which is a pretty basic feature with plenty of options available built in Flash, etc. I actually hope Google or Yahoo would actually buy Box, then increase the free options to compete – they would be getting a market leader and before anyone else has had a chance to pull away form the field.

Like others here though I would like to know about bandwidth/transfer limitations on this as I couldn’t find any info on it anywhere.