Allow caching of virtual network (wan) drives/volumes.
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 12:14 pm
Hi,
recently i got frustrated with the crappy caching handling of most of the cloud storage mounting tools like NetDrive/Expandrive/Webdrive/CloudberryDrive/Wuala. They are all based on the idea to only use a temporary cache and they handle even this job poorly. The virtual disk/volume those tools create all report either NTFS/FAT/FAT32 as there virtual file systems and are usually setup as a "network drive" or "removeable drive" under windows.
So i was wondering if PrimoCache could cache such a volume as well, so i could fine tune the cache settings and have a permanent cloud cache. One of the use cases would be to directly use something like http://portableapps.com/ from the cloud, without the need to sync/copy a full local version per used PC. So if you have 20gb portable apps in the cloud, but only use 1-5GB frequently, you could setup a 5GB PrimoCache and have a decent local working speed, without all the synchronization problems.
Maybe think about expanding into this realm, since i personally prefer a local cached more direct approach to cloud storage over this silly sync everything paradigm. I mean DropBox is a good example, how in the world would could you actually use your 1 TB cloud storage, if most laptops/phones/(pc's) will never be able to locally sync this 1TB. Most cloud storage providers that sell 500GB+ sync storage, actually sell storage no one can use without third party tools that allow direct access without a full local copy.
thx
Andy
PS: I also would prefer if the local cache for such a cloud volume would be encrypted, so having no local sync copy/app would leave no useable/viewable data on the local client.
recently i got frustrated with the crappy caching handling of most of the cloud storage mounting tools like NetDrive/Expandrive/Webdrive/CloudberryDrive/Wuala. They are all based on the idea to only use a temporary cache and they handle even this job poorly. The virtual disk/volume those tools create all report either NTFS/FAT/FAT32 as there virtual file systems and are usually setup as a "network drive" or "removeable drive" under windows.
So i was wondering if PrimoCache could cache such a volume as well, so i could fine tune the cache settings and have a permanent cloud cache. One of the use cases would be to directly use something like http://portableapps.com/ from the cloud, without the need to sync/copy a full local version per used PC. So if you have 20gb portable apps in the cloud, but only use 1-5GB frequently, you could setup a 5GB PrimoCache and have a decent local working speed, without all the synchronization problems.
Maybe think about expanding into this realm, since i personally prefer a local cached more direct approach to cloud storage over this silly sync everything paradigm. I mean DropBox is a good example, how in the world would could you actually use your 1 TB cloud storage, if most laptops/phones/(pc's) will never be able to locally sync this 1TB. Most cloud storage providers that sell 500GB+ sync storage, actually sell storage no one can use without third party tools that allow direct access without a full local copy.
thx
Andy
PS: I also would prefer if the local cache for such a cloud volume would be encrypted, so having no local sync copy/app would leave no useable/viewable data on the local client.
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