PogoPlug: Not fantastic...
Edit 1: I was wrong about the number of devices... looks like it just took awhile to recognize my remaining devices!
Edit 2: Okay, so you can rename your devices, at my.pogoplug.com --> Settings or Account Settings --> General Settings. Not very intuitive...
I bought a PogoPlug, and I'm gonna keep it, but it's not fantastic.
Why I'm keeping it:
- It gives me access to my personal drives (currently 8TB of data) from anywhere I am.
- It will stream my media files to other computers and to my XBox360 (to be tested).
- I can remotely print via the Pogo
Why I'm not a huge fan:
Even if I use a USB Hub, the thing limits me to 3 devices. What's worse, I can't choose which devices(See edit 1 at the top)I can't rename the devices, so I'm left to remember that the Brand A Model B is my Media drive, while my Brand C Model D is my Memories drive. yuck.(See edit 2 at top)- The software installed on my Windows PC is clunky, at best.
- The only way to access it naturally is through a drive letter, and that only grants me access to the Cloud storage, not my local storage.
- I can only access my files two ways: Via the web (i.e. instead of doing a short, high-speed local network hop, I'm forced to do an Internet leap to get my local data rather than a local network hop), or via the locally installed application. I can't access my drives via network paths (UNC), mapped drives, library folders or any other normal-Windows-way of getting to my files. In other words, applications that rely on this information are hooped unless I download it from a drive attached to my Pogo onto a local drive in the computer. Totally defeats the purpose.
Verdict: I may not keep it for very long....
BTW, I use Dropbox for storage of my critical, must-always-be-available data. Free version limited to 2GB, of course... but still...
Labels: Cloud Storage, Dropbox, Pogo, PogoPlug
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