Cloud Storage and File Transfer

So I've been using Dropbox.com for a while syncing our celtx scripts and other daily docs and images, and it was going pretty good. Then we had to transfer 7 gigs. Dropbox came to a screeching halt.

Looking at other options we found Live SkyDrive (by microsoft) with a hefty 25gigs! Oh but its only 50 meg per file.

Enter Gladinet.com a free (and payfor) app that does this (on windows only). Gladinet will sync with a few other service like google docs, google picassa, amazon S3.. and wait for it... FTP. Yep your very own FTP site.

I'm currently setting it up on my own FTP and will get a progress report.

Tags: cloud, file, remote, storage, transfer, workflow

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Comment by Gyorfi Szilard on February 9, 2010 at 4:27am: Hi Josh, my new video tutorial is ready: How to Transfer Big Video Files http://www.bluefx.net/blog/how-to-transfer-big-video-files/

Comment by Josh Goodwin on December 2, 2009 at 8:39am: Update: As for our team, using Gladinet.com and our own FTP has worked REALLY well! So well that for this type of use, we are planning to drop dropbox.com

The next trick is to find a way clients can use it to send us files.

Comment by Josh Goodwin on November 30, 2009 at 9:55am: @Darren: I prefer transferring with a DVD or HD. The issues im running into these days is the distance. I think my closest client is about 1,000 miles away.

@Gyorfi: Please do write up a tutorial. I'd be interested in see how you are sending video files.

@Olivier: Thats exactly what i did, was set up a low user FTP account that only has access to a specific folder.

A buddy of mine is working on an AIR/Flash app that a client can log into and it will automatically connect to the FTP site. That way they don't need to install anything (if its browser based).

Again, ill keep you all posted on how this ends up.

Comment by Darren Marshall on November 30, 2009 at 5:07am: I also use a combination of FTP, dropbox and assetbox and yousendit. FTP is great for anything up to 1gb I find, unless the client has firewall issues, then its a matter of persuading them to download and install the client software for assetbox or dropbox which they are sometimes reluctant to do, or sometimes just don't know how to use a computer...! Yousendit is of course great for smaller files and no hassle for the client. For larger files and master file sequences I have found that often they still prefer to send a bike and pick up a data DVD which is prehistoric and environmentally shameful, but sometimes the best solution still.

Comment by Gyorfi Szilard on November 30, 2009 at 3:51am: I use my website`s host for FTP , it is not always the best solution, it can be much slower than DropBox. But if the files are not bigger than 1-2 gig, than FTP can work well to.

I was thinking about creating a quick tut on what I use to transfer video files to clients, if you know about other good transfer services, please let me know and I will include theme in the upcoming tut.

Comment by Olivier Mamet on November 29, 2009 at 11:44pm: My question is...if you have a hosting service for a website/portfolio ... why don't you create a low user ftp account and use that to make all your transfers?