Dave

Can't thank you enough

Indigo : )

The case you mentionned is a text-book personal fileserver case: you register an account and create a personal fileserver. You then install Nomadesk on computer 1, 2 and 3 and use the same account to connect to Nomadesk. Creating 3 different accounts is only necessary if you are really sharing data with external parties. The drive will be replicated on the 3 machines (and on our server – this wil serve as a backup or you can use our web interface to access the files directly on our servers) – no need to copy files from your C to K drive, you can work directly on the K.

Kind regards,

Tom

I do see a potential problem for me however. I'm an unusual user, with two
residences half-way around the world from one another, and a laptop that now
serves as on-site backup if my desktop fails. As I read it, I'd need a Team
Fileserver to keep these three machines in sync, perhaps even with three
individual identities. At $15.00 a month, that gets out of my range.

Could you please clarify if my reading of the different plans is correct?
It may be that your service is ideal for small companies with several
offices, but less appropriate for an individual with several computers..

I'd like to add that the installation went very smoothly on my Windows XP,
setting up the virtual drives without a hitch. Those servers are, again,
ideal for small business. But, as an individual, many of the files I backup
are in My Documents on the C: drive. I guess I could set up an automatic
backup from my C: drive onto the new K: drive. I already do something like
that with some of my programs which prefer to keep the data within their own
folder — I just back those folders up to a BACK UP folder on my C; drive
where all data is gathered for easy back up to an online server.

Thanks for taking a look at NomaDesk. If you have any questions or remarks, feel free to post them or contact me on tom(dot)dupon(at)aventiv(dot)com.

About the pricing: for a personal fileserver, we'll charge 50 $ / year. For a Team Fileserver, we'll charge $ 15/ month.

There are no limits on the fileserver size or on the individual file size.

Enjoy NomaDesk.

One drawback: it's free while in beta, but there is NO indication of what
it might cost later on. Because of its business orientation, the price may
be higher than many writers would be willing to pay. The website does
suggest that “personal” accounts will always be free — but I wouldn't
absolutely count on that.

I'm currently paying $50 a year for unlimited storage on Syncplicity,
synchronizing a number of computers. I'm not sure I would pay much more
than that.

I myself however will definitely try it out. I like several features
particularly: the separate virtual “drive,” which can be managed directly
from Windows Explorer; the encryption feature; the invisible sync'ing of
multiple computers. AND I particuarly like the feature that will
automatically ERASE any data on a stolen laptop.

For those who might be interested, you will find the product demo video in
the sidebar to the right for the next few days. Soon the video will scroll
on the bottom of the sidebar video box, but it can be accessed anytime at my
VIDEO FOR WRITERS site at http://phmx.vodpod.com

I would like to add NomaDesk to this list