[Ol!ver]

What is Swissdisk like for speed ? I use MobileMe currently and it's very slow.

[whpalmer4]

Originally Posted by Ol!ver

What is Swissdisk like for speed ? I use MobileMe currently and it's very slow.

What do you define as "very slow" in this case? I just set up a SwissDisk free account and set OmniFocus to use it. My database runs about 2.5 MB normally, and I've got a DSL line that runs about 4.8 Mb/s down 0.5 Mb/s up. Both MobileMe and SwissDisk seem limited by line speed.

Are you keeping your database pruned and compacted? If you have more than 150 zip files, you'll probably have an adverse effect on your sync performance.

[rmorelli]

Originally Posted by greensgod

SwissDisk is also run by Ben Collins, the Ubuntu kernel hacker/maintainer. That's enough credibility for me. I'll be surprised if they ever have significant downtime or data loss.
greensgod

As someone who used Linux as my primary OS for almost 10 years before switching to Mac, my reaction is the opposite. The Linux people are very good at hype, but my experience was that Linux boxes were by far the most unreliable of any I've ever used over many years of using a wide variety of systems. I used many distros, and I never found one that had a respectable level of reliability.

I know the Linux culture inside and out and I know why so many people think Linux is so reliable. However, it's a different kind of "reliability" than Mac users expect. It certainly is NOT reliability in the sense that shipping products work as expected almost all the time and data loss and down time are rare. Part of the reason Linux users regard their systems as reliable is that they tolerate major disruptions and failures as a normal part of a system's operation, and they don't count them as real failures if they can be fixed by spending, say, a few afternoons reading mailing lists and applying patches.

Bottom line is, while greesgod may be surprised if SwissDisk has significant downtime or data loss, I'll be surprised if it DOESN'T. It will NOT be reliable in the expected sense. I'm not trying to start a flame war and I won't respond to any post that reaffirms the reliability of Linux. I just wanted to post an alternate point of view to balance the common (and I believe false) claim that Linux is reliable.

[dwayneneckles]

bingodisk is shutdown but
as an alternative,
i just signed up to www.squeaksoft.com/cart

[FatalError]

Did anybody manage to set this up with MyDrive.ch? I tried but failed partly.

Setting up the syncing works. Events get updated from and to the iPhone/Mac and vice versa via WebDAV.

The problem comes with the iCal-Calendar-subscription. The events don't appear there at all.

Any help would be appreciated.