In Reply to: in the Cloud ... posted by maxim on April 25, 2012 at 00:29:03:
...many of them make a good point about the bandwidth and the amount of time it will take to do the first upload. Incremental uploads shouldn't be as bad. However, there are some so-called 'cloud' providers that allow you to send your first 'upload' to them on disk saving you the initial hours or days to get all of your large files up to their 'cloud'. But keep in mind, it will take you a long long time to get all your stuff back over the internet given bandwidth limitations.
Personally, I wouldn't bother with the 'cloud' just yet for my music collection. That being said, I am a firm believer in the benefits of a well integrated and executed cloud environment for many other tasks.
A well implemented 'cloud' is not just a remote disk........
Even though Apple is still working the kinks out of their iCloud, I find it immensely useful for most tasks. My Contacts, Calendar Appointments, Emails, Bookmarks, Photos, and Apps are all automagically sync'd among all of my Apple iDevices. Most of it works under Windows too but Windows is no longer my main operating environment so I haven't bothered to set it up on the Pee-Cees.
Our iPhones are automagically backed up to Apple's iCloud and I have first hand experience with how well this works. My wife's iPhone 4S developed a hardware bug leaving the bright LED ON at all times. One call to Apple support, FedEx Overnight of a new iPhone 4S, and the iCloud got my wife back on the air in no time.
We powered up her new iPhone (which arrived the next morning), went into settings, and told it to provision itself from her iCloud account. Magic! In less than an hour her phone settings, all of her apps, Contacts, Calendar entries, To-Do List, Email accounts, bookmarks, photos, etc. were all "back to normal" on her new iPhone. No fuss. It just works!
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Follow Ups
- Having read some of the other responses.... - AbeCollins 09:43:47 04/25/12 (54)
- Likewise old and cynical... - Jim Treanor 19:32:13 04/25/12 (4)
- RE: Likewise old and cynical... - Old Listener 19:36:10 04/25/12 (3)
- RE: Likewise old and cynical... - AbeCollins 19:39:44 04/25/12 (2)
- RE: Likewise old and cynical... - Old Listener 20:34:57 04/25/12 (1)
- RE: Likewise old and cynical... - AbeCollins 20:42:49 04/25/12 (0)
- being old and cynical + - Sordidman 11:59:02 04/25/12 (19)
- RE: being old and cynical +What are - fmak 22:04:21 04/26/12 (3)
- When it's coupled with expensive services? It is called - Sordidman 16:44:00 04/27/12 (2)
- RE: When it's coupled with expensive services? It is called - fmak 03:53:22 04/28/12 (1)
- Far too many f.b.n. Corporations operate under the Barnum principle of “a sucker born every minute”. - cfb 07:03:05 04/29/12 (0)
- RE: being old and cynical + - AbeCollins 12:10:41 04/25/12 (14)
- Good points of course...... - Sordidman 12:57:35 04/25/12 (13)
- Paradigm change. - Crimson 19:10:28 04/25/12 (12)
- syncing is not "using" the cloud - Sordidman 09:01:20 04/26/12 (2)
- RE: syncing is not "using" the cloud - Crimson 11:24:17 04/26/12 (1)
- Thanks, - you're using that eh? - Sordidman 13:38:55 04/26/12 (0)
- RE: Paradigm change. - Tony Lauck 19:28:29 04/25/12 (8)
- RE: Paradigm change. - Crimson 04:34:43 04/26/12 (7)
- "Pompous ass" is a good description - J.Mac 14:35:01 04/26/12 (5)
- RE: "Pompous ass" is a good description - Mercman 15:56:13 04/26/12 (4)
- Have a look - fmak 22:05:53 04/29/12 (0)
- RE: "Pompous ass" is a good description - J.Mac 17:22:50 04/26/12 (2)
- RE: "Pompous ass" is a good description - Mercman 17:46:57 04/26/12 (1)
- Some of these - fmak 05:47:30 04/27/12 (0)
- RE: Paradigm change. - Tony Lauck 07:38:56 04/26/12 (0)
- Identity thieves love this - fmak 11:34:48 04/25/12 (22)
- I've been Fmak'd yet again... - AbeCollins 12:17:27 04/25/12 (21)
- RE: I've been Fmak'd yet again... - J.Mac 17:26:44 04/26/12 (0)
- If you are divorced from reality.. - fmak 21:35:24 04/25/12 (19)
- RE: If you are divorced from reality.. - AbeCollins 08:10:09 04/26/12 (2)
- Remember there are extremes at both ends of the bell curve. Just as one can be too paranoid another - cfb 08:45:32 04/26/12 (1)
- RE: Remember there are extremes at both ends of the bell curve. Just as one can be too paranoid another - fmak 09:49:21 04/26/12 (0)
- No Doubt That a consolidation of information is a tempting target - Dynobot 05:14:58 04/26/12 (15)
- Governments are like entropy they are always increasing towards tyranny. - cfb 06:43:35 04/26/12 (14)
- RE: 180,000 of their own citizens dangerous - Dynobot 07:00:37 04/26/12 (13)
- These were not civil criminals but political dissidents; sort of a Carrollian version of Nixon's “Hit List” - cfb 07:50:18 04/26/12 (12)
- LOL!! - From the "Cloud" to Incarcerated Americans & Urine Samples - AbeCollins 07:57:22 04/26/12 (11)
- I didn't say Americans, it was East Germany and it was a true event it's recent history. News archives - cfb 08:34:39 04/26/12 (9)
- I know you didn't. Dynobot mentioned Incarcerated Americans -nt - AbeCollins 09:39:54 04/26/12 (0)
- largest DNA database in the world - Dynobot 08:39:30 04/26/12 (7)
- What's the lesson here, always be the wolf. - cfb 08:53:37 04/26/12 (6)
- RE: What's the lesson here, always be the wolf. - fmak 09:52:26 04/26/12 (5)
- RE: What's the lesson here, always be the wolf. - Mercman 18:08:50 04/26/12 (0)
- RE: What's the lesson here, always be the wolf. - Tony Lauck 17:56:11 04/26/12 (3)
- RE: What's the lesson here, always be the wolf. - AbeCollins 10:20:10 04/27/12 (2)
- Abe You Might Want To See This.... - Dynobot 12:19:42 04/27/12 (1)
- RE: Abe You Might Want To See This.... - AbeCollins 20:49:37 04/27/12 (0)
- Big Brother is Watching - Dynobot 08:09:35 04/26/12 (0)
- RE: Having read some of the other responses.... - Tony Lauck 10:01:37 04/25/12 (5)
- RE: Having read some of the other responses.... - AbeCollins 12:15:48 04/25/12 (4)
- NSA and other issues - mls-stl 14:13:12 04/25/12 (3)
- Agreed, I always keep a hard copy backup. Just what the hell is it with people who are running pell-mell - cfb 05:51:11 04/26/12 (2)
- hard copy backups not the issue - mls-stl 06:55:41 04/26/12 (1)
- Agreed, agreed, that is a serious risk one should consider. - cfb 08:03:37 04/26/12 (0)