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Re:Diode Drive – Privacy-focused distributed alternative to ... by FractalHQ on Friday March 12, 2021 @02:33PM (#26439896)
Wow- free unlimited storage? How is that possible. I’ve never seen a free plan with unlimited cloud storage before. Am I missing something?
Re:Diode Drive – Privacy-focused distributed alternative to ... by emayljames on Friday March 12, 2021 @02:41PM (#26440007)
Maybe unlimited, as in you can buy yourself as many hard drives as you want to allocate to it?. I'm not at all sure how it works though.
Re:Diode Drive – Privacy-focused distributed alternative to ... by encryptluks2 on Friday March 12, 2021 @09:22PM (#26443325)
It seems like this a big stretch of the truth on their part. If you have let say 30TB of data hosted in the cloud and wanted to use this. Not on would you need a RAID yourself so we're talking probably 4-6 high capacity drives at around $500 a piece, but additionally you'd need around triple that to match the redundancy of cloud storage. Additionally you'd need someone capable of setting up a shared file system and fiber between all the access points. We're talking probably around $12,000 upfront and monthly bandwidth costs of $750. That or you can get unlimited storage from Google for around $120/mo, maybe much less. Many people still only pay around $12/mo.
Re:Diode Drive – Privacy-focused distributed alternative to ... by up2isomorphism on Saturday March 13, 2021 @12:23AM (#26444208)
You can not get UNLIMITED storage for $120/mo from google, it is simple as that.
Re:Diode Drive – Privacy-focused distributed alternative to ... by encryptluks2 on Saturday March 13, 2021 @01:14AM (#26444431)
Many users already get unlimited storage from Google for much less, but their new Workspace plans require an Enterprise account for unlimited storage which cost $20/mo. but it may require at least 5 users. So you're right, it would be $100/mo, but potentially less. I'm still on GSuite so it only cost me $12/mo.
Re:Diode Drive – Privacy-focused distributed alternative to ... by Saris on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:17PM (#26441053)
The storage is all done on your own PC.
Re:Diode Drive – Privacy-focused distributed alternative to ... by buildanduse on Saturday March 13, 2021 @01:55AM (#26444613)
Correct - storage can be done on a PC or a server system - https://support.diode.io/article/vr156n18cf-is-diodedrive-un.... I personally run some of my personal Zones with a raspberry pi connected to a USB drive as an always-on backup. Enterprise implementations would use whatever server (or private or even public cloud) based storage is appropriate for them.

Great feedback and thoughts.

Re:Diode Drive – Privacy-focused distributed alternative to ... by up2isomorphism on Friday March 12, 2021 @09:49PM (#26443447)
Then it is NOT unlimited.
Re:Diode Drive – Privacy-focused distributed alternative to ... by Saris on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @04:06PM (#26496166)
Technically it is, as you can keep expanding your own storage. Compared to a cloud storage service that has hard limits on space usage.