GDrive service opens soon
Internet giant Google will join the number of companies providing remote file storage services for several months. You can speak about this almost as an accomplished fact, because the information comes from very reliable sources (a regularity is known: if a long-discussed rumor falls on the pages of the Wall Street Journal, it means that it still became a reality).
There are dozens of remote file storage services (virtual disks) on the Internet: see reviews on Habré ( 1 , 2 ). Remote hosting is not just a convenient service, but also the foundation for a real network OS, which has been attempting to create a year already. This is an important step in the evolution of personal computers.
File hosting is now part of some Google services. By the way, even on the basis of Gmail, the illegal program GDrive has been working for a long time, which turns a mailbox into a regular hard disk on a computer (from an OS point of view). But there was a poor technical solution. Now we are talking about a full service, the appearance of which has long been anticipated by geeks.
There is practically no specific information about GDrive. Unknown pricing for hosting. It is unclear how much disk space will be provided for free. Competitors give free up to 5 GB. Based on this, we can assume that Google will give no less. What will be additional services? What other Google services will GDrive integrate with, how will it be built into desktop operating systems like Windows / Mac / Linux? How will “remote hosting” from Google be called, positioned and advertised? You can speculate. It is said that the working title of the project is “My Stuff”. But no one has the exact answer to this and other questions.
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The output of the GDrive service can dramatically change the balance of power in the market. It is unlikely that someone from small startups is able to compete with the world's largest Internet company, especially since other giants are entering this market. Most recently, Microsoft opened SkyDrive, an online data storage service that offers 1 GB of free disk space. And around the same time, Apple upgraded its .Mac service, adding 10 GB for $ 100 a year.
When it comes to storing 100% of user documents online (this is officially announced by Google and Microsoft also seeks this with its projects), this is only possible for a very powerful company with hundreds of thousands of servers and dozens of data available. centers. There are only a few such companies.
via WSJ
There are dozens of remote file storage services (virtual disks) on the Internet: see reviews on Habré ( 1 , 2 ). Remote hosting is not just a convenient service, but also the foundation for a real network OS, which has been attempting to create a year already. This is an important step in the evolution of personal computers.
File hosting is now part of some Google services. By the way, even on the basis of Gmail, the illegal program GDrive has been working for a long time, which turns a mailbox into a regular hard disk on a computer (from an OS point of view). But there was a poor technical solution. Now we are talking about a full service, the appearance of which has long been anticipated by geeks.
There is practically no specific information about GDrive. Unknown pricing for hosting. It is unclear how much disk space will be provided for free. Competitors give free up to 5 GB. Based on this, we can assume that Google will give no less. What will be additional services? What other Google services will GDrive integrate with, how will it be built into desktop operating systems like Windows / Mac / Linux? How will “remote hosting” from Google be called, positioned and advertised? You can speculate. It is said that the working title of the project is “My Stuff”. But no one has the exact answer to this and other questions.
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The output of the GDrive service can dramatically change the balance of power in the market. It is unlikely that someone from small startups is able to compete with the world's largest Internet company, especially since other giants are entering this market. Most recently, Microsoft opened SkyDrive, an online data storage service that offers 1 GB of free disk space. And around the same time, Apple upgraded its .Mac service, adding 10 GB for $ 100 a year.
When it comes to storing 100% of user documents online (this is officially announced by Google and Microsoft also seeks this with its projects), this is only possible for a very powerful company with hundreds of thousands of servers and dozens of data available. centers. There are only a few such companies.
via WSJ
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/16799/
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