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I personally use Strongspace. Its a secure file storage solution which is accessible with a web interface or sftp and even rsync. Since the storage is built upon ZFS, it allows for some nifty tricks as multiple backups and even revisions. And did I mention that they use GiB? I mean, that has to be turn on for you folks. Here is a list of plans on offer, how you can put it to good use and some FAQs. Check it out!

I personally use Strongspace. Its a secure file storage solution which is accessible with a web interface or sftp and even rsync. Since the storage is built upon ZFS, it allows for some nifty tricks as multiple backups and even revisions. And did I mention that they use GiB? I mean, that has to be turn on for you folks. Here is a list of plans on offer, how you can put it to good use and some FAQs. Check it out!

I personally use Strongspace. Its a secure file storage solution which is accessible with a web interface or sftp and even rsync. Since the storage is built upon ZFS, it allows for some nifty tricks as multiple backups and even revisions. And did I mention that they use GiB? I mean, that has to be turn on for you folks. Here is a list of plans on offer, how you can put it to good use and some FAQs. Check it out!

I personally use Strongspace. Its a secure file storage solution which is accessible with a web interface or sftp and even rsync. Since the storage is built upon ZFS, it allows for some nifty tricks as multiple backups and even revisions. And did I mention that they use GiB? I mean, that has to be turn on for you folks. Here is a list of plans on offer, how you can put it to good use and some FAQs. Check it out!

I was using .Mac but got irritated by its backup software bugs and GUI-only operation and access unreliability, not to speak of size limit (they did increase it lately, though).

For easy backup (rsync) and secure web access to files and sharing (https), no bandwidth limit, the Strongspace is perfect. I like it a lot and recommend it everywhere (as you can see for yourself)...

Another one they missed is Strongspace. Although they are a bit more expensive, they offer SFTP and shell access in addition to their web interface. I don't doubt that some of these others have cool features in their clients, but I'm guessing a sizable minority are happier using standard unix tools like rsync. How scriptable are those other services?

If you don't mind using a browser interface with that https, you should get Strongspace. They also give you rsync.

You should check out strongspace.com. They have a monthly plan thats very affordable and if you go through one of their sister companies textdrive.com theres a special right now where you can buy a lifetime account for one payment. Good deals.

Really, the solution (and this is going to sound weird at first) is to not keep sensitive information on your home computer's hard drive. I personally have a USB stick drive in a firebox.

I hate the idea of WoW doing stuff like this (mainly because I don't play WoW myself, but it's on my computer to keep my siblings placated), but WoW is hardly the only program doing this, and with the security of Windows these days, you really can't afford not to take the precaution.

Electronic bank statements, account numbers, etc, all should go on physically removable media. And if you want to be really careful, use a trusted off-site secure backup service like TextDrive's StrongSpace.

I store everything in 20 MB encrypted sparse images and back it up to StrongSpace (http://www.strongspace.com/) with sftp. (No ftp or http allowed, just sftp and https).

I've been pouring over the site for a while now. Very very interesting stuff, this Zimbra...

If you actually look at the details, it's a Linux based (Red Hat RPM distro at the moment) that appears to be the absolute best web email system I've seen to date. AJAX is only a very small part of what Zimbra does. AJAX simply improves the end user browser experience by making it feel more like a local application and less like a web app. AJAX allows for page updates without reloading the whole page so it can add features like drag and drop, right-clicking context menus, live searches, etc. i.e. faster instant feedback much more like a native app.

The person behind the site is the former CTO of BEA Systems (WebLogic). He wanted a better email system that was available anywhere. Grouping of discussion threads, saved searches (like Mac OS Tiger), etc. What this group has come up with is pretty darn interesting and if it's well designed will only get better.

The geek reading Slashdot ought to go read the Admin Guide available from Downloads_Documentation_Admin Guide (PDF or HTML). There are some real nice technical explanations not found in the marketing flash demo!
Before you continue to bash it, go check out the technical details while keeping in mind that it's new and will be improved as time moves forward. Linux, Apache Tomcat, PostFix, MySQL, OpenLDAP, SMTP, LMTP, SOAP, XML, IMAP, POP, and AJAX. You can connect with IMAP and POP clients! This means you might be able to connect via IMAP with OS X Mail.app which supports much of the threading, sorting and search features not found in Outlook. iCal can use the calendar system. Addressbook can connect to the LDAP directory for GAL entries. Pretty darn slick! Zimbra has certainly gotten my attention. If you have to you could use Outlook, but I would rather use the web interface then use Outlook! Ugh...

Should be interesting if someone decides to do the same thing in Ruby On Rails! Might be easier to build and maintain and thus faster to market with new features. Same technology except substituting Java and Tomcat for Ruby, the Rails API, plus Lighttpd & FCGI. Go take a look at Basecamp, Backpack, and Ta-da List and you can see that http://www.37signals.com/ could easily build a similar system to Zimbra and make it sing! Or course the 37signals way of things is to host it for you and you subscribe to it. Zimbra is meant to be installed by your geeks with a support contract to Zimbra and consulting available. There also TextDrive's Strongspace Ruby on Rails app http://strongspace.com/. There is going to be an explosion of such applications being refreshed by AJAX powered feedback. AJAX is exciting as it can greatly improve the user experience. But that's all it does, the backend geekness is where the real fun begins. Whether it's Java or RoR things are going to start changing. Get ready for Web 2.0 without the Web 1.0 hype and dotbomb! You must have a viable business model to succeed with Web 2.0!

Been playing around with it for a while now, there's a fair few sites using it

• Strongspace a secure online file storage/sharing area
• BackpackIT a personal and small business information manager
• Basecamp a project and task management site

Plus the (small) site I'm working on for a friend Slap My Belly

Anyone have a real-world example of Rails scaling to a large project and lots of traffic?

While theres no sites i know off with massive traffic that run rails, theres a few large projects. TextDrive run StrongSpace which is basiclly online storage using SFTP and RoR. Also theres a few from the creators of RoR, BaseCamp, BackPack...