Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping to the cloud

Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by hemancuso on Sunday September 09, 2018 @08:21PM (#17948543)

Very cool project! Close to my heart. I write ExpanDrive

http://www.expandrive.com

Which operates with the same idea, up to a 10Gb local cache and will stream out larger files. Supports a huge number of storage back ends (Dropbox, Google Drive/GCS, Amazon S3/Drive, OneDrive, SFTP, etc). Also can pin files and trees into the cache.

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by sz4kerto on Monday September 10, 2018 @01:46AM (#17949649)

Bought a license maybe 4-5 years ago because the website said that Linux support is coming very soon. It's been coming since then. Tried to sign up for the beta but didn't even get an answer. :(

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by dpacmittal on Monday September 10, 2018 @03:41AM (#17950090)

Rclone can mount 20+ backends and has caching and mounting support. I guess you can do something similar with Rclone. Plus it's FOSS.

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by hemancuso on Monday September 10, 2018 @05:42AM (#17950547)

Originally said "coming soon" to see if anyone was interested. Turns out they are!

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by gdfasfklshg4 on Monday September 10, 2018 @05:55AM (#17950602)

Can you explain a little more what you mean by this?

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by pvinis on Monday September 10, 2018 @06:11AM (#17950672)

It means that is was not actually "coming soon". It said that, just to see if many people are interested in that feature. If there were many people interested, development of that feature would start. If not many people were interested, I guess the text would have been just removed. Makes sense?

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by arthurcolle on Monday September 10, 2018 @06:43AM (#17950790)

Pretty convoluted to me...

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by konschubert on Monday September 10, 2018 @02:33PM (#17953936)

No, it's simple, it's just a lie.

(Sorry, don't mean to attack anyone or put too much blame, but let's call it what it is.)

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by hemancuso on Monday September 10, 2018 @09:23PM (#17956508)

Technically the lie really only extends to the "soon" part, since it is coming. And software regularly has a list of future features that often don't ship. Would love to chat if you were ever interested!

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by konschubert on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @10:20AM (#17959925)

Hi, I am always up for a chat, my email is [email protected]. :)

To get back to our argument: By the time you said "coming soon" you didn't know if it was coming at all, so I would call that a bit of a lie.

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by giancarlostoro on Monday September 10, 2018 @07:57AM (#17951102)

But at least they've been working on it for a good minute:

https://twitter.com/expandrive/status/1000012200612950017

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by hemancuso on Monday September 10, 2018 @08:03AM (#17951121)

We took a beta list to gauge interest. No sense in all the work if nobody cares.

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by ktm5j on Monday September 10, 2018 @10:22AM (#17951981)

Yeah but why not just ask if people were interested? Instead of saying something that wasn't true..

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by tekromancr on Monday September 10, 2018 @12:29PM (#17952931)

Because everyone and their dog would say they want it, or are interested in it, even if they don't actually want it. This puts up a (small) barrier that helps gauge true interest.

It's the same idea as setting up a landing page for a product that doesn't exist and seeing if people click "pricing" or "buy now" to determine if there is a market for it.

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by dflock on Monday September 10, 2018 @12:49AM (#17949451)

Anywhere I can sign up to be notified when the Linux version is out?

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by hemancuso on Monday September 10, 2018 @06:31AM (#17950736)

[email protected]

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by konschubert on Monday September 10, 2018 @03:23AM (#17950019)

Why is the local cache limited to 10 GB?

I am building Zero to store my personal pictures and videos and I feel like 10GB local cache means that only the last month of pictures and videos is local, which seems very limited.

Are there any technical reasons why the cache cannot be 500GB?

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by hemancuso on Monday September 10, 2018 @05:35AM (#17950524)

It used to be unlimited but most of the users ultimately desired to offload data and access it on demand. It should be configurable but currently isn’t.

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by geekone on Sunday September 09, 2018 @10:15PM (#17948965)

Very pedantic but I think "Built with in Boston." is intended to be "Built in Boston." in the footer?

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by hemancuso on Sunday September 09, 2018 @10:17PM (#17948977)

There is a red heart after "with" - or at least there is on every machine I've tried.

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by geekone on Sunday September 09, 2018 @10:18PM (#17948985)

Script blocker bit me there, you are right :). Looks like a very interesting project!

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by amelius on Monday September 10, 2018 @09:08AM (#17951512)

Based on "I write ExpanDrive", I thought the author was Chinese.

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by hemancuso on Monday September 10, 2018 @09:17AM (#17951571)

A bit rude. I like that phrasing.

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by drtyolmck on Sunday September 09, 2018 @08:55PM (#17948657)

I use expandrive everyday. Thanks man.

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by kyrra on Sunday September 09, 2018 @09:01PM (#17948679)

Is that similar to the Drive FS client then (except it's obviously multi-cloud and backend)?

https://support.google.com/a/answer/7491144?hl=en

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by deadonarrival on Sunday September 09, 2018 @09:18PM (#17948744)

Any progress on the Linux version?

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by hemancuso on Sunday September 09, 2018 @09:21PM (#17948748)

https://twitter.com/expandrive/status/1000012200612950017

Yup!

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by rosege on Sunday September 09, 2018 @09:56PM (#17948896)

Does everything get stored in the cloud - even files that are in the 10Gb local cache?

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by hemancuso on Sunday September 09, 2018 @10:03PM (#17948927)

Yes, unless you're offline - in which case it stays in the cache until a connection is available.

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by Brajeshwar on Sunday September 09, 2018 @11:35PM (#17949219)

Happy customer of Expandrive for quite a while. Got a lifetime license.

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by danieldk on Monday September 10, 2018 @12:34AM (#17949407)

I should also switch to the lifetime license sometime, Expandrive is indeed really an awesome product!

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by hemancuso on Monday September 10, 2018 @05:35AM (#17950526)

Thanks!

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by wumms on Sunday September 09, 2018 @11:03PM (#17949125)

Sounds good. At what stage would I need to buy the license? I could not find any info on that.

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by toomuchtodo on Sunday September 09, 2018 @11:23PM (#17949189)

“ExpanDrive runs unlicensed and fully featured for 7 days giving you a chance to try everything out. Once the trial period expires you’ll need to buy a license or you will be limited to 20 minutes of use.”

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