8 reasons to store your files online |
Posted: November 20, 2018 |
When I had the idea of ??my article on the disadvantages of online storage, I told myself: "Online storage is great, everyone is convinced, me first! So let's write this article a bit, to take the opposite, to make the devil's advocate and to make think ... “But in fact, as I explained in detail and argued each of the "reasons not to store online", I realized that the inconveniences I mentioned were real, far from my presupposed ironic caricature. Several comments have moreover contributed in this direction. Finally, the arguments that could have made us give up, just convinced us that we had to keep our critical mind. The solution is probably to take into account the strengths and weaknesses of online storage. So here are the arguments for online storage. I see at least 8.My data is protected in case of fire, theft, breakage or loss It is an undeniable fact. The data saved on a remote site are preserved from all the dramas that could take place at home. Just be careful to keep usernames and passwords in a safe place. There we open another debate. There are several schools, each with its advantages and disadvantages, we will have the opportunity to talk about it again. I can access my data from anywhere At your workplace, at friends' homes, or at a cybercafé on the other side of the world, your online data remains accessible. As mentioned above, you just have to have your passwords with you, via Lastpass, or a USB key, for example. I can share my data This advantage is particularly interesting for photos and favorites. Even when we like to preserve our privacy, it is rare that we do not want to: - share some pictures with his family (at least those on the photo ...) - share links to sites that could to interest our loved ones. In any case, we will appreciate: - the ease of sharing (if the recipient may not have to register on the site, it is ideal) I can edit my data online A great advantage of Google Docs, for example, is the ability to edit documents directly from your web browser without any other software on your hard drive. Another example: WordPress, which allows you to edit this blog (and millions more ...), from any computer. No specific local software is required. In addition to storing data, their processing is also done on the remote server. I can go back to an older version of a file More and more online storage services offer this option. You save a file online, regularly, after each change. With this option (sometimes free, sometimes paid), you have the option to restore not only the latest version, but also one of the versions saved previously. I can post my data on my website or my blog Either standard in WordPress, or using many extensions (also called plugins), we can easily display on his site or blog: - his favorites (Delicious, by example) - his photos (from Flickr or Picasa Web Album, among others) - his videos (from Youtube, Vimeo, or Dailymotion, for example) My backups are done automatically, without thinking With the principle of synchronization, simply put its important files in a specific folder and they will always be kept and updated on the remote site. Since one of the biggest problems with backups is having to think about it and doing it often enough, it is quiet. That said, a synchronization saves even the files modified by mistake. Hence the interest of being able to return to an earlier version as well. No need for a big hard drive A mobile, a small netbook or even some digital cameras can connect to the internet and access to important storage capacities. That said, in my opinion, for a variety of reasons, it's better to stay reasonable in the remote storage capacity. On the other hand, because of the lower prices of SD memory cards or USB keys, for example, capacity is not the first advantage of online storage. What do you think? Which site do you use for your files, photos, favorites or other types of files? What argument made you crack (or will you crack) for storage and sharing online? There is most widely used file storage model for file sharing is UPBLIGHT. You can easily upload files and the system will create a shorten link to share it with anyone and anywhere. Then they can download the file easily.
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