[Tfug] cloud storage for backups and sharing

[Glen Pfeiffer]

I have not checked whether it supports everything you listed, but 
I would look at Dropbox. They have a precompiled package 
available for Debian, Ubunti, and Redhat, and the source is 
available as well. Prices are a little high for my taste though.

And a quick search for "dropbox alternative linux" yielded this 
list:
http://www.techdrivein.com/2011/06/7-good-dropbox-alternatives-for-linux.html

-- 
Glen

On 19 Apr 2012, JD Rogers wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I just started looking into cloud storage for backups. Here's what I
> would consider ideal:
> 
> 1. syncable: ideally, a local folder is synced periodically to the
> drive using something efficient like rsync
> 2. encrypted: not sure how best to do this, but I would think that to
> avoid destroying the efficiency of rsync, this would have to be
> filesystem level like ecryptfs
> 3. sharable: should be able to select a subfolder that is shared with
> selected users (preferably with fine grained permission control). I
> guess this would require multiple passwords like luks.
> 4. longevity: a minor concern, but I'd prefer a company that is likely
> to be around for a while
> 5. compatibility: linux is a must, support would be great in
> decreasing priority - android, windows, and while I'm at it, I might
> as well want osX too. :-)
> 
> It seems like amazon not only does not support encryption, but
> actually states in their terms that they require access to your files.
> I also see no way to share a folder with another user.
> 
> I heard about "google user managed storage", but can't seem to find
> it.. now I guess there is "google cloud storage", which appears to
> charge for storage and bandwidth separately. Anyone with any
> experience with this?
> 
> Ubuntu1 might be interesting. It looks like folders can be shared.
> Sync is there. It even looks like it has revision history and a
> windows client. I'm still trying to figure out how encryption might
> work. I guess in the worst case, there should be a way to setup a
> subdir that is encrypted locally with ecryptfs, and then unmount the
> dir before syncing. Anyone have any experience or ideas about that?
> 
> Thanks,
> JDR
> 
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