OneDrive now supports 10GB files!
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From an email from OneDrive:
We’re excited to announce that you can now upload files up to 10 GB from desktop, mobile, and the web! Our goal with OneDrive is to provide a single place for all your files, and we don’t want you to be limited by file size.
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Awesome. They have been expanding that a lot.
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is 10GB something that was really needed? Do you really see people copying large video files to their OneDrive account? Or even single file backup files?
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Yeah, sure. Why not? I use OneDrive as a backup, so I absolutely would.
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@Dashrender Maybe they think a user will shoot a movie in HD from a Windows Phone and need to store it somewhere! LOL!
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@Dashrender said:
is 10GB something that was really needed? Do you really see people copying large video files to their OneDrive account? Or even single file backup files?
Now that the total storage is 1TB, definitely. 10GB isn't that big of a file anymore.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
is 10GB something that was really needed? Do you really see people copying large video files to their OneDrive account? Or even single file backup files?
Now that the total storage is 1TB, definitely. 10GB isn't that big of a file anymore.
Sure I understand that compared to the 1 TB storage, but do you really need a 10 GB file?
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@Carnival-Boy said:
Yeah, sure. Why not? I use OneDrive as a backup, so I absolutely would.
You'd backup a single 10 GB file? how long would that take? a week? why not backup the files individually? that would offer faster recovery times, etc.
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@Dashrender said:
@Carnival-Boy said:
Yeah, sure. Why not? I use OneDrive as a backup, so I absolutely would.
You'd backup a single 10 GB file? how long would that take? a week? why not backup the files individually? that would offer faster recovery times, etc.
Wouldn't take that long. I've upload files bigger than 10GB before.
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@Dashrender I typed up a response on my phone yesterday that got ate by the magic inter webs smoke.
Basically, yes people should be backing up 10 gig files, because they are supposed to replace there local my docs/pics/vids usages with saving to the same named folder in one drive.
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Those files aren't 10 GB in size, they are if lucky, normally a few megs each. I'm talking a single file. as mentioned, sure a random person might want to put a 10 gb video file up there, but it's not really practical.
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@Dashrender It's very practical for backing up. I have many video files from videos I've produced over 10GBs. You can upload a 10GB file in just a handful of hours. It's great for that. Very few files I have are under 10GB. This will be great for both Videos as well as database related backups if someone wants to do that.
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@thecreativeone91 you are the exception, not the rule. Heck people in the forum are probably all the exception.
Also, OneDrive is not a backup, it's a sync solution. If you delete the file locally, or change it, it will change on OneDrive too. Real backups have to be disconnected.
We're not even talking one drive for business. But if a prosumer is only using OneDrive for there backups, Cryptolocker will still kick them in the ass. lol
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@Dashrender said
Also, OneDrive is not a backup, it's a sync solution
It depends on how you have it setup.
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I'm going to have "actually, OneDrive is a backup" engraved on my tombstone. If you delete a file locally, or change it, you can restore an earlier version from OneDrive. The backing up is done at Microsoft's end, but it is still backed up.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
I'm going to have "actually, OneDrive is a backup" engraved on my tombstone. If you delete a file locally, or change it, you can restore an earlier version from OneDrive. The backing up is done at Microsoft's end, but it is still backed up.
Excellent. I was unaware that they were taking a full backup of that nature and not just a sync. Great to know!
Technically, I would say it as "OneDrive is backed up" rather than "OneDrive is a back up", but it makes it much closer.
