I did a little mock-up of how my DriveShare setup might look sometime in the future:
http://i.imgur.com/OaYLDwS.jpg?1
Just for the fun of it :-)
Topic: [ANN] DriveShare - Earn money by sharing your extra hard drive space - page 3. (Read 23005 times)
January 03, 2015, 06:41:38 AM
January 03, 2015, 06:15:03 AM
thats incredible. i might consider buying a nice external hard drive for this 
I have 8 TB external hard drive just for this. 
I actually picked up NO harddrives for this. Still want to see how it works out. Planning to utilize the empty space in my existing drives to begin with, and then move from there.
January 02, 2015, 09:01:55 PM
Mom: What do you want to do with your life?
Me: I don't know, but I think I'll be the cloud with StorJx
Me: I don't know, but I think I'll be the cloud with StorJx
January 02, 2015, 11:45:03 AM
Yep I think the cost of this setup should be quite less than the traditional file hosting sites, so hopefully many people will opt for this service.
I think if the cost is a little more than current storage services, there will still be a market for this service although much smaller. If this network can provide a cheaper option then this service will take over. Even if the cost of having storage on this network is significantly higher than other services there will still be a small group of users who will continue to use this and since this is an open source and community hosted network it can adapt over time to potentially reduce cost by possibly reducing the amount of redundancy or improving the algorithm in another way to make it more efficient.
January 02, 2015, 06:58:16 AM
Yep I think the cost of this setup should be quite less than the traditional file hosting sites, so hopefully many people will opt for this service.
January 01, 2015, 08:24:48 PM
I am very interested to see where the market puts the cost of 1GB of storage on this platform once the background complexity is abstracted away and users only see a Dropbox type storage solution.
Totally. End of the day, the client-facing portion of Storj needs to be as basic as Dropbox. And I'm guessing (hoping?) that Storj being p2p means that costs should be substantially lower to the consumer, since the majority of hardware and electricity costs are are spread among the user base?
with what we've seen so far, it appears to be accessible enough, but we can only be sure of that when more people get their hands on the program. and logically, yes, the costs should be lower.
January 01, 2015, 04:47:53 PM
I just picked up 2 4TB USB 3.0 externals on Amazon for this
I would love to do the same but right now I am not sure that I can justify the price without knowing more information. I think it is more than likely a good investment but I have so little invested/to invest in crypto that I am more likely here to play with the new technology than pursue ROI...
That said, I have an older TB HD that is going to get hooked up when it is ready...
January 01, 2015, 04:04:01 PM
Will there be a minimum or maximum amount of storage per user?
There are no limits - you can buy as much storage as you'd like if you are willing to pay for it, and you are able to host as many storage contracts as you have space for. Your own resources are your only limitation.
thats incredible. i might consider buying a nice external hard drive for this
I have 8 TB external hard drive just for this.
I just picked up 2 4TB USB 3.0 externals on Amazon for this
January 01, 2015, 02:52:24 PM
I am very interested to see where the market puts the cost of 1GB of storage on this platform once the background complexity is abstracted away and users only see a Dropbox type storage solution.
Totally. End of the day, the client-facing portion of Storj needs to be as basic as Dropbox. And I'm guessing (hoping?) that Storj being p2p means that costs should be substantially lower to the consumer, since the majority of hardware and electricity costs are are spread among the user base?
January 01, 2015, 12:28:25 PM
I am very interested to see where the market puts the cost of 1GB of storage on this platform once the background complexity is abstracted away and users only see a Dropbox type storage solution.
January 01, 2015, 11:00:20 AM
New hacks are announced basically every week. Having a storage system that is encrypted and only the user has the keys, for a cheap price: that is going to be a no-brainer.
January 01, 2015, 10:35:06 AM
The main question remains - whether "decentralization" is really something that people value. I would not be suprised if people stay at Dropbox/Google. This is something I started to notice a while ago - people involved in crypto tend to overestimate decentralization. And crowd.. just does not care. So if there is no demand for decentralized storage - storjcoin price will go down. If there is demand - it will go up. Doesn't really matter what early adopters would do.
Even if people don't value decentralization, increased redundancy and higher privacy, they will value cheaper storage!
Yes, that's true, most general public (users) won't think too about decentralization and privacy. But security and costs are the 2 factors that are going to drive people to start using storj(Metadisk).
Yes, price was driving the choice until the iCloud hacks after that cloud security entered in the mainstream.
January 01, 2015, 07:36:19 AM
The main question remains - whether "decentralization" is really something that people value. I would not be suprised if people stay at Dropbox/Google. This is something I started to notice a while ago - people involved in crypto tend to overestimate decentralization. And crowd.. just does not care. So if there is no demand for decentralized storage - storjcoin price will go down. If there is demand - it will go up. Doesn't really matter what early adopters would do.
Even if people don't value decentralization, increased redundancy and higher privacy, they will value cheaper storage!
Yes, that's true, most general public (users) won't think too about decentralization and privacy. But security and costs are the 2 factors that are going to drive people to start using storj(Metadisk).
January 01, 2015, 04:55:09 AM
January 01, 2015, 02:59:58 AM
Will there be a minimum or maximum amount of storage per user?
There are no limits - you can buy as much storage as you'd like if you are willing to pay for it, and you are able to host as many storage contracts as you have space for. Your own resources are your only limitation.
thats incredible. i might consider buying a nice external hard drive for this
I have 8 TB external hard drive just for this.
January 01, 2015, 12:44:36 AM
The main question remains - whether "decentralization" is really something that people value. I would not be suprised if people stay at Dropbox/Google. This is something I started to notice a while ago - people involved in crypto tend to overestimate decentralization. And crowd.. just does not care. So if there is no demand for decentralized storage - storjcoin price will go down. If there is demand - it will go up. Doesn't really matter what early adopters would do.
Even if people don't value decentralization, increased redundancy and higher privacy, they will value cheaper storage!
I don't believe the majority of the public is currently aware of the need for decentralization or privacy, but when they find out that it's faster and cheaper than the competitors they'll jump on without thinking twice - i.e. they'll do what's in their best interest without even being aware of it.
December 31, 2014, 06:18:28 PM
Will there be a minimum or maximum amount of storage per user?
There are no limits - you can buy as much storage as you'd like if you are willing to pay for it, and you are able to host as many storage contracts as you have space for. Your own resources are your only limitation.
thats incredible. i might consider buying a nice external hard drive for this
December 31, 2014, 04:12:02 PM
Will there be a minimum or maximum amount of storage per user?
There are no limits - you can buy as much storage as you'd like if you are willing to pay for it, and you are able to host as many storage contracts as you have space for. Your own resources are your only limitation.
Awesome, thanks for the response! I am really getting excited about this!!
December 31, 2014, 08:23:59 AM
The main question remains - whether "decentralization" is really something that people value.
People might not know that decentralization is what they need, but ever since the Snowden files, people started to realise that it might not be a good idea to hand over all your data to a single company and hope for the best. Most of the people I know now say that there is no way they are going to upload anything sensitive/personal to Dropbox without encrypting it first. As far as I know, Dropbox/Google/Amazon/Apple clouds, they all have great uptime, but when it comes to security - just see the recent hacks. Dropbox also checks the md5-s of all files users upload against a database of known "copyright infringement" cases, and if your file is on the list, they might just delete it. And if you're the lucky one with an md5 collision
, you can argue against the deletion, I guess. December 31, 2014, 07:38:04 AM
Can I use external storage disk via usb port to farm? What is the difference and disadvantages?
If you are talking about the transfer speed of the data via USB2 you shouldn't have a problem unless you have a very high speed internet connection.Usually data transfers are as fast as our home internet bandwidht, thus you may use also a laptop disk to farm.
But you should leave your system on day and night, if you close your computer every night you will loose the contract of the stored data in your disk, thus no storj for you
May there is the possiblility that in the further development a drivespacehoster is able to offer his space only at a current timeframe of a day? That meens during a fixed frame there will be no heartneat check and he does not loose his contracts. So his PC dont have to be running all night long. Probably the customer dont need access to his data all night long?
I think that data and especially corporate data, but not just, has to be reachable 24/7
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