Bitcasa - unlimited cloud storage

Cloud services are firmly in our lives, many of us actively use Dropbox, Skydrive, SugarSync and others. Several gigabytes of free storage for desired files, or a larger store with a subscription fee - so it sees its services cloud storage users at the moment. Time does not stand still, and today I'll tell you about the service BitcasaWho plans to radically change our view of the data storage in the cloud.
The main idea of ​​the service is not to store some files to access them from any device, and in the transfer of all (!) Of your data in the cloud. Yes, you understood correctly, Bitcasa offers all users unlimited cloud storage. Of course, it's not free, but the price of subscription to such a generous offer is very low - after the end of the beta, the account value will be equal to ten dollars a month. For comparison, Dropbox users of this money will be able to "only" 50 Gb space in the cloud storage, and for 100Gb will have to pay twice as much.

If we talk about how, ideally, should work service Bitcasa, it will transfer all of your data Cloud and use the computer's hard disk to as a kind of cache for the most important files. At the moment, such an approach seems to me somewhat utopian, it is unlikely many users will be able to abandon the usual data storage on physical media, and trust all its data cloud.

Certainly, many of you would like to know why Bitcasa such a low price. Quite simply, their servers will be used for duplicate files search technology, thus stored will be only the unique files that will significantly reduce their actual number, even though tens of thousands of people will download in Bitcasa entire contents of their hard drives. Frankly, it is not clear how this will be done is the search for duplicates, and how this technology will coexist with data encryption, but it is believed that the creators were able to all provide.

Of course, a major issue for potential users of Bitcasa is data security. In the case of Bitcasa encrypts data will be carried out not on the company's servers and on the user side. Thus both users and service developers can not be afraid of possible problems with copyright holders and copyright infringement.

At the moment, available for download the beta version of the client for Mac and Alpha for Windows. Linux users is still content with meaningful Available Soon.

client work for Mac, unfortunately is not perfect. For example, I was not able to create new folders, while loading my files in a preset folder Sample Videos passed without problems. Either I do not understand it well with the application, whether it is a limited beta. If you look at the properties of a network folder, you will see that its size is 563Tb. This is clearly not similar to "unlimited vault ", but it is difficult to imagine that the user can download more than 500 terabytes of information in the cloud store. Conveniently, network folders can be added to the Finder sidebar, so that access to them will be the same as the local file.

Of course the usability of the service depends on the speed of your Internet. Basically, you try playing videos from the test folder, I was pleased. Of course, it is not correct to compare the speed of the local files, and cloud storage, However, even with not the fastest internet, movie playback started after just a few seconds.

Free registration for the beta Bitcasa not, you can either get in line for an invite, leaving the e-mail address on the siteOr help each other, handing out invites. Each member of the beta have the opportunity to invite five of their friends, so that I can send ivayty first five men, who pointed out in the comments your e-mail.