Online File Storage

[richardgreen]

Hi All,

I wonder if anyone could offer some advice on Online File Storage.

We are looking for this as a backup, and also as a way of working on office files remotely (as a lot of our work involves travelling around the country - so it would be handy to access office file through any PC that has an Internet connection).

We would feel happier about using a big, recognised company (i.e Microsoft, Network Solutions, etc) as alot of our files are of a sensitive nature. We would also like to use a big company like this because of reliability.

We would like to use a service, where we are not penalised for using it regularly.

The total size of the files that we want to store online is 473 MB.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated?

Regards

Richard

[mattk]

alot of our files are of a sensitive nature

This to me would suggest that online file stores are not what you are looking for.

Roughly how many users are you supporting? Do you have a VPN (Virtual Private Network)? Have you considered FTP (File Transfer Protocol)?

[richardgreen]

Hi Matt,

Many thanks for your response.

We only have 2 of us who would need access to this. Possibly only me.

We do not have a network in our office - just one PC connected to the Internet. I have been tempted to use remote software to dial into this PC from home, etc but prefer not to leave it switched on, plus I would like to have everything online as a backup.

Sorry I do not know anything about FTP.

Many thanks

Richard

[KM-Tiger]

Hi All,

I wonder if anyone could offer some advice on Online File Storage.

We are looking for this as a backup, and also as a way of working on office files remotely (as a lot of our work involves travelling around the country - so it would be handy to access office file through any PC that has an Internet connection).
That's quite a complex question, as you have 2 different objectives, which might or might not be satified by one provider/service. There are also quite a number of different way to achieve this.

A major consideration is what sort of files and how many get updated regularly. It's important, if you have 2 file stores, to understand which one is the "master" and which one synchronises to it.

My suggestion, which could be off the mark, would be to get an "office server" as a file store, which you can access from anywhere by VPN. Then mirror the files on that server to online backup. That way you only ever work on the files on the "office server", either from the office or anywhere, but have secure off-site backup.

Might seem overkill, but have you considered the consequences for your business of total data loss?

[VeryMark]

I can recommend Foldershare (www.foldershare.com), now part of Microsoft, which is free to use and allows you to access files remotely.

[MinuWeb]

PM Sent

[Rob Holmes]

A couple of other options..

Olu (can't remember his member name) runs: http://www.data-backup-online.co.uk/

And this is also a service Matrixx provide as well.

Rob

[desk2web]

Hi, I'm new to the forum, but my main reason for joining was in the vain hope of promoting my business, Desk2Web which is exactly what you are looking for!

Have a look at http://www.desk2web.net and/or PM me if you have any questions.

Thanks.