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 * dropbox.com is a US based commercial company.
 * Any data saved via dropbox, are affected by US laws.
 * At UZH, the recommended alternative to dropbox is Switchdrive: http://drive.switch.ch.
 * Advantages of Switchdrive against dropbox:

   * Swiss data protection laws are respected.
   * Diskquota: 50GB.
   * All major OS are fully supported.
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 * End of 2018, under linux dropbox [[https://help.dropbox.com/desktop-web/system-requirements#linux|limits]] only operate on ext4 filesystem - this is no option for our infrastructure.
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 * Dropbox is not limited by the usual home disk space limits.  * Disk usage of Dropbox is separated from I-MATH home quota.

Dropbox

  • dropbox.com is a US based commercial company.
  • Any data saved via dropbox, are affected by US laws.
  • At UZH, the recommended alternative to dropbox is Switchdrive: http://drive.switch.ch.

  • Advantages of Switchdrive against dropbox:
    • Swiss data protection laws are respected.
    • Diskquota: 50GB.
    • All major OS are fully supported.

Thinlinc

  • End of 2018, under linux dropbox limits only operate on ext4 filesystem - this is no option for our infrastructure.

  • Applications > Internet > Dropbox

  • Disk usage of Dropbox is separated from I-MATH home quota.

PublicMathWiki: dropbox (last edited 2021-02-01 12:46:21 by eseide)