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Google calls Drive data loss “fixed,” locks forum threads saying otherwise (arstechnica.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] danielfgom -4 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Doesn't help me when I'm 200km from home and need that file or note or picture.....

[–] danque 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Actually it does. I have a nasPi running openmediavault with portforward and i can get access it anywhere in the world. Japan, usa, eu it doesn't matter as long as there is internet.

Don't wanna fiddle with the tech stuff. Get a Synology and make your life easier. Best thing is you can upgrade it yourself. No longer bound by 200gb or 1tb but all the way to 10tb and more! With redundancy as well. No this not an ad for Synology but damn does it work good.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What you're saying is technically true but do you know what was a horrible experience?

A few weeks ago when I, in Japan, needed to download many 5+ Gb project files I had backed up on my home server in the US after a hard drive failure and I was hamstrung by my shitty domestic up speed limit.

At least with large web file hosts like Google, iCloud, and mega you're not restricted by your inferior domestic upload speeds. Being able to access the server from anywhere is only half the battle

[–] ichbinjasokreativ 1 points 5 months ago

Or you could rent a server from a hosting provider and keep your data there. Not as safe and private as self hosted, but still better than google drive or similar.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

You can remotely access anything from anywhere with some setup

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Sure it does.