This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] File transfers?

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Re: [Avid-L2] File transfers?

Good to know. Thank you for the info! They must have revised their
policy. Good for them. I'll start googling again.
--J.B.

Dom Q. Silverio wrote:
> You retain ownership of all items you upload. However, you must
> provide Google the permission to access, replicate, move, etc. in
> order for Google Services (transcoding, transcription, thumbnails,
> preview, etc.) to function.
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> Dom Q. Silverio
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> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 8:26 AM, john beck jb30343@windstream.net
> <mailto:jb30343@windstream.net> [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
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> Has Google changed their privacy policy recently? A few years ago
> they
> changed it to give themselves rights to any material stored on any of
> their systems. As much as practical, I quit using them at that point.
> --J.B.
>
> Tim Selander selander@tkf.att.ne.jp
> <mailto:selander@tkf.att.ne.jp> [Avid-L2] wrote:
> > Appreciate all the tips I got.
> >
> > We've done some testing, found what works for us. Reporting here
> > for the next folk that have this problem. (Have it in the near
> > future, anyway... no doubt the landscape will keep changing.)
> >
> > Cut to the chase: We settled on Google Drive.
> >
> > Winner -- Google Drive
> > Annual cost about $120 for a 1TB Google Drive; big enough for us.
> > Speed: over 18GB an hour. (Downloading/synching on my end with
> > 2gbps fiber. Australia client has 40mbps link; did not report
> > their upload/synch time to me. But was happy with Google Drive,
> too.)
> > Benefits: Speed, ease of use and very reasonable cost. If I leave
> > my machine on all the time (which I tend to do anyway) as the
> > client uploads files, they automatically start downloading. No
> > links to click, so downloads happen when I'm not even there.)
> >
> > First Runner Up -- http://gigafile.nu
> > This is a Japanese language only service very similar to
> > YouSendIt, etc. But no account needed, and can send files up to
> > 50GB, and it is absolutely free.
> > Annual cost: Free
> > Speed: Close second at about 15GB an hour
> > Benefits: Cost, speed. Loses a bit on ease of use as the page is
> > confusing and Japanese only and you need to get the download
> > links from email.
> >
> > Second Runner Up -- Amazon's S3 storage on an AWS account; free
> > trial period.
> > Annual cost: Frankly, I found it hard to figure out. It's a much
> > more complicated product and I wasn't sure what services I would
> > be using. But it looked like it would be at least $720 a year for
> > the storage and bandwidth I'd need. That's very reasonable.
> > Speed: over 18GB an hour
> > Benefits: Speed.
> > Cons: I found their whole system very hard to grok. Very
> > different than anything I've used yet.
> >
> > Also rans:
> >
> > In-house FTP server.
> > Tried to set up my own server. Worked great on the internal
> > network, could not get at it from outside. After messing with
> > router port forwarding and free DNS servers for a few hours, I
> > gave up.
> >
> > FTP on my web host
> > Easy, but slow. A bit over 3GB an hour only.
> >
> > Digital Pigeon -- Trial period
> > Easy, but slow. Same as FTP at a bit over 3GB an hour.
> > Pricey compared to FTP.
> > Have to click email links, so does not run unattended.
> >
> > I looked at some of the UDP services, but the prices... yikes. I
> > looked at some open source implementations, but they were beyond
> > my understanding.
> >
> > Hope this info is of some use to someone, sometime!
> >
> > Tim Selander
> > Tokyo, Japan
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/14/16, 13:49, Tim Selander selander@tkf.att.ne.jp
> <mailto:selander@tkf.att.ne.jp> [Avid-L2]
> > wrote:
> >> I've just taken on my first client who wants to send finished
> files --
> >> about 22 programs a month at 30+GB each -- back and forth between
> >> Australia and Japan.
> >>
> >> I know this comes up from time to time, but what are the good
> (fast and
> >> cheap?) services to accomplish this? Any advice appreciated!
> >>
> >> Tim Selander
> >> Tokyo, Japan
> >>
> >>
> >
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> > Posted by: Tim Selander <selander@tkf.att.ne.jp
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