On Tuesday, August 05, 2014 11:32:43 AM Henk wrote:
> I've experimented with Google Drive and local encryption software like
> CryptSync and others. That made the data structure on the local PC quite
> complicated. I could not use that for inexperienced PC users. Above I could
> generate a lot of conflicts that were sometimes difficult to resolve. Maybe
> ownCloud can do better.
>  
> At Google drive it's impossible to replace a file with the same file that
> has on older modification date. This can happen in case of restoring
> files with the original one's. Also opening .xls files can change the
> result into a newer modification date. At the local PC the modification
> date will return to the original value after closing without changing. In
> Google Drive the original modification will never come back. 
> At Google drive I have also seen remains from conflicts, remains that should
> not be there. 
> I would first test data integrity and conflict handling with max. 1GB.
>  
> The next resolvable issue is an example of how things can go wrong at too
> many download interrupts. https://github.com/owncloud/mirall/issues/1949

I am not sure if we are on the same page. I am going to run ownCloud server on 
a CentOS server at DigitalOcean. I will enable server-side encryption and use 
Google Drive as an external storage. I don't have any PC. I am going to use 
ownCloud desktop client on my Fedora box, ownCloud Android apps on my Nexus 4 
and 7.

Google Drive will only be used as an external storage. When using server-side 
encryption, Google Drive will have no idea about files are being stored in it. 
That means Google Drive will play no role in version control. Neither will I 
use Google Drive to access anything and using server-side encryption means I 
won't be able to access those files in deencrypted on Google Drive.

I was thinking on of using it because it's just $1.99 for 100GB.

-- 
Sudhir Khanger,
http://sudhirkhanger.com
http://github.com/donniezazen
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