March 12, 2009

An excellent Free Online Syncing Storage Space : Get DropBox

I haven't written any blog for a long time. I was busy with some office work and home issues. As things are less hectic now a days. I discovered a excellent online storage and syncing free file hosting space. The service is offered from GetDropBox. This website offers installer for Windows, Linux and Mac. Once installed you can define a folder as your dropbox. All the files and directory structure will get syncronised on online storage as well as PC. You can create Dropbox configuration with a single account and it will syncronize all the folders on all the PCs. This is particularly useful if you want to work at home and office or on some other remote location. You can simply sync all the PCs and share the files. You can also login using web interface if still download the file and upload back. Things will automatically get syncronised. You can also use it as a online storage.

Free version comes with 2 GB. while paid version comes with 50 GB huge size storage. They also have refferal system, so  you and your friend both  get 250 MB extra storage space  in case any of your friend accept and uses getdropbox. This is limited to upto 6 GB.

Best part of the service is that it supports not only Windows and Mac but also Linux. Also, I haven't felt any speed throttling while uploading or downloading the files. I am happily sharing the files.

Last note: you can also put files like audio files or photos in shared folders and invite friends to view them bysending them the links for files and folder  or alternatively send email from the web interface.

Rating of service : 8.5 out of 10.