Cloud documents. Create your own cloud storage. Instructions

Forget Dropbox and Google Drive.

The topic of cloud data storage has been of interest to many active users of computers and mobile devices in recent years. Each of us has accounts in Dropbox, Google Drive, Cloud Mail.ru, Yandex Disk and a number of similar storage facilities.

While service developers are fighting among themselves, not giving us , I suggest organizing your own cloud and forgetting about other alternatives.

Why do I need my own cloud?

Having your own cloud storage has a number of advantages and only a few disadvantages that you can live with. First, about the advantages of this solution:

no tariff plans, limits or payments;
transfer any files between devices and stream data viewing on any device;
no files will be uploaded to third-party servers;
you can create links for limited access to files (provide temporary access or allow read-only);
It’s just cool to mention in a conversation with friends that you have your own cloud storage.

You can forget about existing services and stop inviting new friends when you run out of free space in Dropbox or Yandex Drive. Of course, your own cloud has a number of limitations compared to popular solutions:

It will not be possible to transfer data between applications (some programs and games have support for popular clouds; it will not be possible to “attach” our cloud there);
you will have to keep the server computer turned on to access data from the cloud.

As you can see, the disadvantages of the solution are not so significant; you can create your own cloud for personal purposes, and if you need to exchange data between applications on the iPhone or constantly have access to certain data, an existing account in the same Dropbox or Google Drive will always come in handy.

What do I need to create my own cloud?

any computer that will act as a server;
account in the Tonido service;
5 minutes of free time.

For many, the need for a permanent server computer can be a problem. Any stationary Mac or PC that acts as a media server in the apartment or can simply be turned on regularly will do.

You can also use a laptop, but when working away from a power outlet, you will have to stop the cloud server to save battery power and network traffic. During this time, you will not be able to view data from other devices.

I'm ready, what should I do?

First, go to the Tonido service website and download a free application for your operating system (select the section with server programs). There are versions for OS X, Windows And Linux.

After installing the program, we will be automatically transferred to the service website, register and create our account. The procedure is completely free and will not take more than a minute. In the process, we will come up with a permanent web address for our storage (it will act as a login) and a password for authorization.

An important step is to select externally accessible folders. If you skip this step, then when you connect from another device, you will be able to view and edit absolutely any files from the server computer.

At any time via the web interface in the section Miscellaneous you can add or remove folders visible in the cloud.

How to use the cloud now?

When the setup is complete, you can try to access the data from any other device; there are several options for this:

you can simply log in to your account through a browser and access the files;
for mobile devices you can download a free application (there are versions for iOS, Android, Windows Phone And BlackBerry OS);
It is possible to install a client program for your computer.

What capabilities does my cloud have?

The possibilities of a free Tonido account are almost endless. You can view the entire list on a special page. For personal use, this is enough for most of us. Corporate clients can get another whole, but they will have to pay for it.

Through the mobile application on iPhone and iPad you can:

upload any file from or to your computer;
watch movies or TV series without downloading to your device;
listen to a music collection by turning the client application into a cloud player;
save any data to work with them offline.

Clients for desktop operating systems have similar capabilities and are in no way inferior to solutions from cloud services. You can set up constant synchronization to have copies of all shared files.

How to make limited access for certain users?

The limited access regime deserves special mention. To give someone the rights to view certain data, go to the web interface. Here we open any of the available folders and click on the wrench icon.

Select a section Shared folder and open Advanced Options.

Cloud data storage services have become a real panacea for everyone who wanted to access their data from any device from anywhere in space. We happily moved our data to the clouds and use them successfully, only sometimes warily reading the latest news about iCloud and Dropbox hacks. Some people are initially haunted by the fact that the cloud is controlled by “someone”, but not by the user himself. These are exactly the kind of enthusiasts who made OwnCloud.

What is it

A “cloud of your own” is nothing more than personal storage running on your own web server or website. The main feature of OwnCloud is that it is free and open source. In general, if the above-mentioned hosting platform is available, the user will need approximately 5 minutes to deploy his own Dropbox-like storage, and without sophisticated coding - no specific knowledge is needed. In addition, the user gets access to applications (text editors, task lists and other useful things) that other project participants create for their own needs.

By default, full two-way synchronization is carried out between the web interface and the application on the computer - if you delete a file from the Cloud in the web interface, the file is deleted in the application, and vice versa: when you delete a file in the application, you delete the file in the Cloud. If you don't want full synchronization, you can set up selective synchronization. To do this, right-click on the Cloud icon and go to the “Select folders” section.
In the window that opens, uncheck the boxes next to those folders for which you want to cancel synchronization and click “Select”.
If the folder was previously synchronized, it will be deleted from your computer, but the folder, as well as all the files it contains, will be saved in the Cloud in the web interface. To re-enable synchronization for a previously deleted folder, right-click on the Cloud application icon, click “Select folders” and check the box next to the name of the required folder. You can also temporarily disable...

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Send a large file via mail.ru cloud

Continuing the lesson about dropbox, we cannot ignore the new service of the Mail.ru Group company - cloud data storage: [email protected]. By providing each user with 100GB of disk space for free, this cloud storage has left all possible competitors far behind. Having an account - a mailbox in mail.ru, we get full access to this remote data storage. Using the cloud through the web interface: cloud.mail.ru, that is, working with the cloud in any browser, without any additional registration, you can select files up to 2GB on your computer and upload them to the cloud server.

Let's see how to work in the cloud.

On the service page, on the “Cloud” tab, a content management system is conveniently implemented in the form of buttons: files and folders in the cloud. Click the "+ Upload" button to add - copy files from your computer to the cloud. Using the "Download" button we perform the reverse operation - upload a copy of the file from...

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The Mail.Ru group of companies has released its cloud storage called “Mail.Ru Cloud”.

The amount of free space in cloud storage is up to 100 GB, comparable to the size of a small hard drive. Other cloud storage services provide completely different amounts of data storage for free.

Yandex.Disk provides 10 GB for free, which can be increased to 20 GB for free (you can also temporarily use even more disk space), Google Drive provides 15 GB (including mail) of space on your disk, Microsoft SkyDrive " - 7 GB, "Dropbox" - 2 GB (can be increased to 16 GB for free), and cloud storage "Mega" provides 50 GB of disk space for free.

You can store your data in the Mail.Ru Cloud: documents, photos, videos and any other files. To log into the cloud storage, you can use the web interface or a client application that will need to be installed on your computer or smartphone. Client applications are developed for Windows...

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100GB of disk space for free on the Mail.ru cloud

Cloud Mail.ru

Hello friends! There is a saying

They give - take, they hit - run! Mail.ru decided to make a knight's move and become famous throughout the world! So, take advantage of it while they give it to you, especially since the vast majority of users have already had electronic mailboxes on Mail.ru for a long time and they don’t need to do anything to take advantage of these 100 gigabytes. In addition, any of your files contained in the Mail.ru cloud has its own link and you can post your files on the Internet for public downloading.

Note: if you do not have an email account on Mail.ru, go to the end of the article, it explains in detail and very simply how to do this.

So, I think that you have already opened a mailbox on Mail.ru, which means we are taking our 100GB!

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Cloud Mail ru is a virtual flash drive accessible from any device connected to the Internet. I have already considered a similar cloud service using Yandex.Disk as an example.

From December 30, 2014, all new Cloud users, firstly, receive 25 GB for free. The amount of free space provided to all users registered before December 30, 2014 remains unchanged - 100 GB and 1 TB (for those who participated in the promotions).

Secondly, it is no longer possible to save files weighing more than 2 GB in the Cloud, both for users of the web version of the cloud and for users of the client (Cloud program). Already downloaded heavy files are still available without any restrictions.

Below are detailed instructions on how to get started with the Mail ru Cloud. All steps are important and it is not recommended to skip them.

Rice. 1 Get 100 Gigabytes on the Mail ru Cloud for free

Click on the “Try Cloud” button (Fig. 1). The “Login” window will appear, where you should...

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How to transfer a file over the Internet

We will talk, first of all, about large files, because there are no problems with small ones - they can be sent by mail, via Skype or a social network.

But with large ones it is much more difficult to do this, since they usually take a very long time to download and at the most inopportune moment the download may be interrupted.

We need a method that will allow both us and the person to whom we want to transfer the file to download it as quickly and easily as possible. That is, so that we don’t strain ourselves, and the recipient doesn’t have to suffer installing additional programs.

You can transfer files over the Internet as quickly and easily as possible using cloud storage services.

The principle is as follows: You upload a file to your cloud, after which you receive a link to download it. You send this link to the person you want to transfer the file to. All! A person clicks on it and downloads it.

How to upload a file to the cloud

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Cloud services are a modern trend in the field of information technology. The cloud has come to be called any remote server resources that allow solving various current user tasks related to digital information: storing files and archives, hosting websites, working in various paid programs without directly purchasing them. Let's consider using a cloud service for storing files from the Mail.ru company.

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To start using the cloud from Mail ru you need to have a registered account at mail.ru. If you don't have an account yet, register one.
After registration, go to the start page of the cloud service at https://cloud.mail.ru.
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What is “Cloud” from Mail.ru?

In the summer of 2013, Mail.ru launched its new service – Cloud. This service is designed for secure storage of files in the so-called cloud space. The service allows you to place any files in the Cloud, which can be accessed from any of your devices (computer, tablet, smartphone) and synchronize them. In addition, it is possible to automatically upload pictures taken on a smartphone to the Cloud. Its main advantage over similar services is the amount of space provided for storing personal data. For example, the standard 100 GB of space, with the possibility of increasing it to 1 TB, is provided by [email protected] completely free of charge. Let's say that Dropbox provides users with 100 GB of file storage for $99 per year. Therefore, the service from Mail.ru, almost immediately after its release, became popular among users.

Installation and configuration of cloud service from Mail.ru

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Hi all!

Today I want to tell you about cloud data storage from Mail.ru. I have been watching this cloud since the beginning of 2014, or rather since I was lucky enough to get 1TB of free space on a promotion in this file storage.

Despite the fact that the promotion for distributing a free terabyte ended a long time ago, the Mail ru Cloud still remains quite a tasty morsel for users. Because compared to 10 free gigabytes in Yandex.Disk and 15 GB in Google Drive, 100 GB in the Mail.ru Cloud seems unheard of generosity. This data warehouse can only be compared to Shared.com, which I already wrote about once on this blog.

By the way, in Yandex.Disk you can buy the same 100 GB for 150 rubles per month, and in Google Drive the same number of gigabytes will cost you a little cheaper - 2 dollars a month.

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Download cloud mail ru

You may have heard from smart people or simply read on the pages of smart magazines about such an interesting term as cloud, cloud computing, or storing information in the cloud. A cloud is a collection of servers with Internet access. When something is in the cloud, it means it is stored on servers on the Internet instead of on your computer. It allows you to access your calendar, email, files, from any computer that has an Internet connection.

If you've ever used web-based email, you've used the cloud. All emails in your mailbox are on servers. However, there are many different services that use the cloud in different ways. Here are just a few examples of the most common services in this family:

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Mail.Ru cloud is your personal reliable storage on the Internet. All the necessary files are always at hand, accessible to you anywhere in the world from any device. Using the Cloud, you save space on your computer hard drive or smartphone memory.

The necessary files are always at hand

Mail.Ru cloud works on all the most popular desktop and mobile platforms: Windows, Linux 64-bit, Linux 32-bit, MacOS, Android, iOS and WinPhone. You can enjoy the benefits of the Cloud no matter what device you have.

High speed of uploading and downloading files

Files are uploaded to the Cloud in a matter of seconds. We do not limit the upload and download speed, it only depends on your Internet connection.

25 GB - free and forever

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Recently, not only computer but also mobile technologies have been rapidly developing. In this regard, the issue of secure storage of relatively large volumes of information has become very acute. And it is for this purpose that many IT corporations offer users of any type of device the use of so-called cloud services. How to use the cloud and services that are included in the basic kit of any developer will now be discussed.

What is cloud storage?

First, let’s define what kind of service this is. Roughly speaking, this is file storage in the form of allocated disk space for a company providing such services.

In other words, in a sense, it can be called a kind of virtual flash drive on which a certain amount of data is placed. However, if you need to constantly carry a USB device with you to access downloaded information, then such a service (for example, the Mail.Ru cloud or the corresponding Google service) can be accessed both from a computer and from a mobile device. That is, the files are synchronized in the cloud itself, and you can view or download them simply by entering your registration data (although in some cases this is not required).

Quite a lot has already been written about how to use the cloud. Now let’s pay attention to some main points, and also consider the simplest principles of its use, explaining the situation in detail.

Most popular services

It goes without saying that initially, to use such storages, you need to decide on a service provider, that is, choose the most suitable service for yourself

Today you can find quite a lot of such services. The most popular are the following:

Dropbox.
SkyDrive.
Cloud Mail.Ru.
"Yandex.Disk".
Google Drive (Google Disk).
Apple iCloud and iCloud Drive.
OneDrive, etc.

Before we figure out how to use each type of cloud, it should be noted that these services are somewhat uneven when compared to each other. The fact is that some repositories can be accessed exclusively from a computer terminal, while others require synchronization of both computers and mobile devices. Sometimes you may need a specialized application that plays the role of a kind of conductor, sometimes just an Internet browser is enough.

The same applies to freely allocated disk space for storing your files, as well as payment for additional space on a remote server. In any case, most services are very similar to each other.

What should you pay attention to before starting work?

Now let's look at some important points, without which the use of cloud services is out of the question.

The very first and most important thing is pre-registration, and in some cases it is absolutely unimportant whether it will be done via the Internet using a regular browser or a special computer or mobile application. The whole process takes a few minutes.

Mobile devices with operating systems installed on them differ favorably from stationary systems. The fact is that when you turn it on for the first time, to access some advanced functions or stores such as AppStore or Google Play (Play Market), the system initially prompts you to create an account (registered email address and password). At the same time, your smartphone or tablet already has a pre-installed application for working with cloud services. For convenience, you can install their desktop counterparts on your computer or laptop (although access can also be obtained through a browser).

Allocable disk space

Another important point is the amount of disk space that the user initially receives in the free version. As a rule, the volume on different services ranges from 5 to 50 GB. If this is not enough, you will have to increase the storage capacity and pay a certain amount for it, which includes the cost of purchasing more volume and maintenance for a certain period of use, which, by the way, can also vary.

General principles

As for how to use the cloud in the broadest sense, everything is quite simple. After registration, the user only needs to add folders and files, contacts and much more to the storage.

At the same time, in the settings section, he can add friends who, like him, will upload files to the server or edit them (the simplest example is Dropbox). Often, new users can use their own passwords to log into the system.

But here's what's interesting. When you install a special program on your computer, accessing files in the cloud is much faster than when you launch the same Internet browser. The same can be said about synchronization. It is enough to place the files in the application folder, and synchronization will be performed instantly for all users who have access rights to the service. Let's look at the most popular storage facilities.

Cloud Mail.Ru

So, as mentioned above, you will first need to create an email account, after entering which the cloud service will be displayed in the panel at the top in the projects tab. This is the Mile cloud. How to use it? It couldn't be simpler.

Initially, 25 GB of disk space is offered. carried out using the corresponding button, which can be used to add several objects at once. The limitation concerns only the size of the uploaded file - it should not exceed 2 GB. Before starting the download, you can use additional functions, for example, create, after which you can just as easily move and delete files. Please note: it does not have a “Trash”, as in the same Yandex service, so it will not be possible to restore deleted information.

The function of creating, viewing or editing files can be very useful. Let's say we have a Word document (or it is created directly in the repository). Changing it directly in the cloud can be as easy as if the user were launching the editor on a computer. Upon completion of work, we save the changes, after which synchronization occurs again.

Yandex cloud: how to use?

With the Yandex service, in principle, things are almost identical. The functional set, in general, does not differ much.

But the developers of this service thought that the user could delete files completely by accident. This is where the so-called “Trash” comes to the rescue, into which information is placed when deleted. It works like a standard computer service. True, data recovery tools are not applicable to it if they have already been deleted from the Recycle Bin. Nevertheless, the function is very useful.

Google Drive storage

Now let's move on to another powerful service called Google Cloud. How to use Google Drive? There are no fundamental differences compared to other services. But here access can be obtained both from a mobile device (built-in service) and using a utility installed on a computer (not to mention logging in via an Internet browser). With a phone or tablet everything is simple, let’s look at the computer program.

We assume that the account has already been created. After activation, the user receives 5 GB of storage. An increase to 25 GB will cost approximately 2.5 USD. We install the application on the computer, after which the service folder appears on the Desktop (it is also displayed in Explorer).

As is already clear, just place the files in this directory and synchronization will occur. During operation, the program “hangs” in the system tray as an icon. Right-clicking opens an additional menu where you can view the available space for downloading files, make personalized settings, expand storage space, shut down, etc.

One point is especially worth noting here. As it turns out, copying files to the program folder on your computer and then downloading them from the cloud to your mobile device turns out to be much faster than connecting the gadget to your computer and then copying them using Windows.

iCloud and iCloud Drive services

Finally, let's look at how to use the Apple cloud. There are two services (iCloud and iCloud Drive) that are pre-installed on the iPhone or iPad in accordance with the version of the operating system installed on the device. Essentially, iCloud Drive is an updated version of iCloud, and for it to work correctly, I should take into account that the mobile gadget must meet the stated technical requirements: iOS 8 on the device itself. Computer - with Windows 7 or higher with the iCloud for Windows extension, or a computer terminal with Mac OS X 10.10 or OS X Yosemite.

Initially, after logging into the service, folders created by default will be displayed there. Their number may vary depending on the settings of the computer and the client on the mobile device. How to use the cloud on iPhone? In principle, there is nothing supernatural about this. It is enough to launch the application on the gadget (switch the launch slider to the on state) and log in using your account. It's another matter when the input is supposed to be from a computer. Here you will need to use the settings menu of the program itself and select enable there.

Another disadvantage is the rather low synchronization speed (this is recognized by everyone). And one more, most unpleasant moment. If you switch from iCloud to iCloud Drive without updating all devices to the required configuration, the data in the old cloud will simply not be accessible, so be vigilant.

Conclusion

That’s briefly all that concerns the question of how to use the Cloud application or services of the same name. Of course, not all the possibilities of such services are considered here, but, so to speak, only the general principles (basics) of work. However, even with such minimal knowledge, any newly registered user will be able to carry out basic operations within 5-10 minutes.

To exchange files between computers and mobile gadgets, you no longer need cables and flash drives. If devices have Internet access, files can “fly” between them “on the cloud.” More precisely, they can “settle” in cloud storage, which is a collection of servers scattered around the world (united into one virtual - cloud server), where users place their data for a fee or for free. In the cloud, files are stored in the same way as on a computer’s hard drive, but are accessible not from one, but from different devices that are able to connect to it.

Every second or third Internet user has already adopted cloud data storage technology and uses it with pleasure, but some still resort to flash drives. After all, not everyone knows about this opportunity, and some simply cannot decide which service to choose and how to use it. Well, let's figure it out together.

What are cloud storages from a user's point of view and how do they work?

If you look through the eyes of an inexperienced user, cloud storage is an ordinary application. All it does is create a folder on the computer under its own name. But not simple. Everything you put into it is simultaneously copied to the same cloud Internet server and becomes accessible from other devices. The size of this folder is limited and can grow within the limits of the disk space allocated to you (on average from 2 GB).

If the cloud storage application is running and the computer (mobile gadget) is connected to the global network, the data on the hard drive and in the cloud are synchronized in real time. When working offline, as well as when the application is not running, all changes are saved only in the local folder. When the machine is connected to the Internet, access to the storage becomes possible, including through a browser.

Files and folders uploaded to the cloud are full-fledged web objects, the same as any content on Internet sites and FTP storages. You can link to them and share links with other people, even those who do not use this service. But only those to whom you have authorized it will be able to download or see an object from your storage. In the cloud, your data is hidden from prying eyes and is securely password protected.

The majority of cloud services have additional functionality - a file viewer, built-in document editors, tools for creating screenshots, etc. This, plus the amount of space provided, creates the main differences between them.

is a cloud data storage service that needs no introduction to Windows users. Of course, in the latest releases of this OS (in the top ten), it actually climbs on top of everything on the screen, since it is configured to autorun by default.

For Windows users, the advantage of the Microsoft OneDrive service over its analogues is perhaps only one - it does not need to be installed. You also don’t need to create a separate account for it—to log into the cloud, you just need to enter your Microsoft account information.

The owner of one Microsoft OneDrive account provides 5 GB of free disk space to store any information. To get additional volume, you will have to pay extra. The maximum is 5 TB and costs 3,399 rubles per year, but this package includes not only disk space, but also the Office 365 application (home edition). More affordable tariff plans are 1 TB (2,699 rubles per year - storage and Office 365 personal) and 50 GB (140 rubles per month - storage only).

Additional features of all tariffs:

Support for other operating systems - Mac OS X, iOS and Android.
View and edit documents using built-in Office applications.
Remote access to the entire contents of the computer (not just the OneDrive folder) on which the service is installed and your Microsoft account is used.
Creation of photo albums.
Built-in messenger (Skype).
Creation and storage of text notes.
Search.

Paid versions only:

Creating links with a limited validity period.
Offline folders.
Multi-page scanning and saving documents to a PDF file.

In general, the service is not bad, but sometimes there are problems logging into your account. If you are going to work with the web version of the storage (via a browser) and log into it under a different IP address than you used before, Microsoft sometimes runs a check that the account belongs to you, which takes quite a lot of time.

There have also been complaints about user content being removed from OneDrive when Microsoft suspected it was unlicensed.

is one of the oldest cross-platform cloud storage services. Unlike the previous one, it supports all major operating systems, as well as some less commonly used ones, such as Symbian and MeeGo. The service is very easy to use, works quickly and stably.

A DropBox user is provided with only 2 GB of disk space for free to store personal files, but this volume can be doubled by creating and attaching another account to your account - a work one (which can actually be personal). Together you get 4 GB.

Switching between personal and work disk space on the DropBox website and in the application is carried out without logging out of your account (no need to enter your username and password each time). A separate folder is created on the computer for both accounts - 2 GB each.

DropBox, as expected, also has several pricing plans. About free it was said above, Paid ones are “Plus” (1 TB, $8.25 per month, intended for personal use), “Standard” (2 TB, $12.50 per month, for business), “Advanced” (unlimited volume, $20 per month for 1 user) and “Enterprise” (unlimited volume, individually set price). The differences between the last two are in the set of additional options.

In addition to storage, free users have access to:

Document collaboration service DropBox Paper.
Ability to share links and create public folders.
Log of file changes with the ability to restore them to the previous version (up to 30 days).
Commenting on files - both your own and other users, if the file is available for viewing.
Search function.
Receiving notifications about events (customizable individually).
Automatic uploading of photos from the camera (by the way, DropBox provided users with additional space for enabling this option some time ago).
Select full or selective synchronization.
Encryption of data during storage and transmission.

The possibilities of paid tariffs can be listed for a very long time, so we will only note the main ones:

Remotely destroy data from DropBox on a lost or stolen device.
Limit the link's validity period.
Two-factor account authentication.
Setting access levels to different data.
Enhanced HIPAA/HITECH class information protection (secure storage of medical records).
24/7 technical support.

DropBox, if not the best, is a very worthy service. Despite the small amount of free space by today's standards, it is used by millions of people around the world.

Mega (Megasync)

As is clear from the description, Amazon Web Services is aimed only at the corporate sector and is not intended for storing albums with photographs of cats, although it is possible that someone uses it for this. After all, cloud file storage - Amazon Glacier, like Yandex disk, provides users with 10 free GB. The cost of additional volume is $0.004 per 1 GB per month.

Comparing Amazon Glacier with the web resources described above is perhaps incorrect, since they have slightly different purposes. The functionality and capabilities of this service are determined by business objectives, including:

Uninterrupted operation, increased reliability.
Compliance with enhanced data protection standards.
Multilingual interface.
Unlimited volume (expansion for an additional fee).
Ease of use and flexible settings.
Integration with other Amazon Web Services.

Those who are interested in Amazon's capabilities can read the complete documentation for AWS products, which is located on the official website.

Mail.ru

It ranks second or third in the popularity rating of file web storage among Russian-speaking audiences. In terms of its range of capabilities, it is comparable to Google Drive and Yandex Drive: like them, it contains web applications for creating and editing documents (texts, tables, presentations) and a screenshoter (a utility for taking screenshots). It is also integrated with other Mail.ru projects - mail, social networks “My World” and “Odnoklassniki”, the “Mail. Dating”, etc., has a convenient file viewer with a flash player and is also very affordable (for those for whom the allocated volume is not enough).

The size of the free disk space of the Mail cloud is 8 GB (previously this figure has changed several times). The premium tariff for 64 GB costs 690 rubles per year. For 128 GB you will have to pay 1,490 rubles per year, for 256 GB - 2,290 rubles per year. The maximum volume is 512 GB, which will cost 3,790 rubles per year.

Other functions of the service are not much different from similar ones. This:

Shared folders.
Synchronization.
Built-in search.
Ability to share links.

The Mail.ru client application works on Windows, OS X, iOS and Android.

Cloud storage is a proprietary web service for owners of smartphones and tablets of the same manufacturer. Designed to store backup copies of data from mobile devices - multimedia content, OS files and other things at the user's discretion.

The Samsung Cloud client application is pre-installed on phones and tablets released after the second half of 2016 (more precisely, after the release of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7). Registering an account on the service is only possible through it, apparently to weed out outsiders.

The free storage capacity is 15 GB. An additional 50GB costs $0.99 per month, and 200GB costs $2.99.

iCloud (Apple)

- a favorite among cloud data storage users of Apple products. Of course, it’s free (though not very spacious) and integrated with other Apple services. The service is designed to store backup copies of data from iPhone, iPad and iPod, as well as user media files, mail and documents (the latter are automatically synchronized with the contents of iCloud Drive).

Free iCloud storage capacity is 5 GB. Additional storage retails for $0.99 for 50GB, $2.99 for 200GB, and $9.99 for 2TB.

The iCloud client app supports Mac OS X, iOS, and Windows operating systems. There is no official application for Android, but owners of devices based on this OS can view mail from the Apple cloud on their device.

The top parade of cloud storages is completed by a Chinese service. As you can see from the screenshot, it is clearly not adapted for you and me. Why is it needed then, if there are domestic, European and American analogues that are more familiar to Russian-speaking people? The fact is that Baidu provides users with a whole terabyte of free disk space. For this reason, it is worth overcoming translation difficulties and other obstacles.

Registration on Baidu Cloud is significantly more labor-intensive than competitors. It requires confirmation with a code sent via SMS, but SMS from the Chinese server does not arrive to Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian numbers. Our fellow citizens have to get by by renting a virtual phone number, but that’s not all. The second difficulty is that an account cannot be registered with some email addresses. In particular, on the services gmail (Google is blocked in China), fastmail and Yandex. And the third difficulty is the need to install the Baidu Cloud mobile application on your phone or tablet, since this is exactly what 1 TB is given for (when registering on a computer, you will receive only 5 GB). And it, as you understand, is entirely in Chinese.

Aren't you scared? Dare - and you will be rewarded. Information on how to create an account on Baidu yourself is available on the Internet.