Any opinions on IDrive-E?

[archcommus]

http://www.idrive.com/

Just a simple backup site, wondering if anyone's ever heard of it or used it. 2 GB free, or $50/year for "unlimited." Encryption, versioning, and sync capabilities. Yay or nay?

 

[ViviTheMage]

NO restrictions huh.... Liars!

 

[InverseOfNeo]

What's the catch?

 

[funkymatt]

A note on the concept of 'unlimited storage' for IDrive-E-Pro
http://www.idrive.com/pricing.htm - In addition, it is important to understand the definition of 'Unlimited' Storage. No storage system can really be unlimited. The concept of 'Unlimited' storage is to facilitate a low one-price plan to backup a PC's critical data that meets the requirement for majority of users for personal use and not to burden users with multiple plans. Any usage of storage and bandwidth that is several multiples of average paid IDrive-E user may be considered as unfair use, this limit from storage point is currently fixed at 150GB and subject to changes. Users exceeding the 150GB limit may choose to upgrade to a business plan; In case of non-action by the users on notification of excess usage, accounts may be cancelled and data removed.

A note on the concept of overuse over chosen/allocated quota for IDrive-E-Pro
For usage beyond the opted plan for business plans, there may be an overuse charge at the rate of $0.50/GB/Month. While it is not necessary, we encourage users to upgrade to one of the higher storage plans from http://www.idrive.com/pricing.htm if their usage exceeds the opted plan to avoid the overuse charges.

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: funkymatt
A note on the concept of 'unlimited storage' for IDrive-E-Pro
http://www.idrive.com/pricing.htm - In addition, it is important to understand the definition of 'Unlimited' Storage. No storage system can really be unlimited. The concept of 'Unlimited' storage is to facilitate a low one-price plan to backup a PC's critical data that meets the requirement for majority of users for personal use and not to burden users with multiple plans. Any usage of storage and bandwidth that is several multiples of average paid IDrive-E user may be considered as unfair use, this limit from storage point is currently fixed at 150GB and subject to changes. Users exceeding the 150GB limit may choose to upgrade to a business plan; In case of non-action by the users on notification of excess usage, accounts may be cancelled and data removed.

A note on the concept of overuse over chosen/allocated quota for IDrive-E-Pro
For usage beyond the opted plan for business plans, there may be an overuse charge at the rate of $0.50/GB/Month. While it is not necessary, we encourage users to upgrade to one of the higher storage plans from http://www.idrive.com/pricing.htm if their usage exceeds the opted plan to avoid the overuse charges.

That's okay, I'd only be using the free 2 GB plan at first, and even if I paid later, I'd use at most like 20-30 GB.