Comments on: Wuala on Windows Home Server

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 13 May 2010 21:28:51 +0000

Some folks here did obviously not read the technical setup of wuala. IMHO, this is the most secure and reliable online place available, to store your files.
To the business modell: They give you 1GB for free. If you want more, you can trade in some of your disk space on a 1:1 ratio. For this, your computer has to be online for a minimum of 4h per day. But you can also buy online space ank become a “pro” user. This is, where the company makes its money.
Maybe, it’s a good idea to read the license agreement of the service your are going to use, before you put any private data on a storage in the cloud…
Regards, Nick

By: Rurik

Rurik — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:28:05 +0000

I agree that the business model seems strange.

Option 1: I ‘donate’ 100GB and get 100GB online storage in return. The problem is, that suggests that whenever *I* back up files to the cloud, it is kept elsewhere in a single copy, not a redundant duplicated copy like Dropbox/Sugarsync etc. — this is not very secure backup.

Option 2: Wuala is providing 200GB in space for every 100GB that I donate, which puts them 50% underwater (probably an unsustainable biz model).

Still, Wuala is now part of LaCie, a large corporation, so I imagine it will be around for a long time.

The key is to use WHS duplicated folders and do a triple backup.

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By: Al West

Al West — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:42:44 +0000

Hi,

I’ve got a bug report open at Wuala – okay it’s a feature request but it’s in their bug tracking system.
http://bugs.wuala.com/view.php?id=975#c1687

Please add a vote to the bug tracker so they know it’s not just me interested.

Cheers,
Al

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By: carr1on

carr1on — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:20:40 +0000

I tried Wuala on my WHS for a few days. I agree the program was easy to setup and use. However, I couldnt get over the uneasy feeling that Wuala wouldnt last, and that all my efforts to create off-0site storage would go bust overnight. I honestly dont see how their business model makes any sense.

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