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[alientech]

They are not good for backups. You will find that a lot of your files are corrupted or inaccessible. Megaupload was great in that respect. Also what they say or write does not matter, it is how they react and act over time that matters. I have had entire directories of files get deleted from many accounts both free and premium. I cant imagine that they would get deletion notices on a couple of hundred files since I used to get like 1 or 2 deletions a month for years before. I know a few searchers that scan them and copy what ever you have in your directory even if you never publish the links they post it in the search engines for download. There is no way to prevent access to your files. Much harder to do that with RS since need a matching MD5 or link so almost impossible.

Since filenames can be changed on the fly I could just take a any link and add any filename I want and post a link.. So you can also just put in a number for files you upload but when you post the link you can change the number to the file name..

eg
http://www.filefactory.com/file/2f67sgjyhlnh/n/50.txt

just change the 50.txt to anyolefilename.bin

This gets rid of the searchers but dont help with mass deletions..

They had 2TB storage space for members.. So I would think that when you get over 4TB they will get nervous.. I am sure if you dont bring them any revenue on the files then even 2TB would be too much in the fair usage policy.. Although even uploading 2 TB would be considered an impossible job considering all the technical problems.

[TBDragon]

hmmm so is filefactory good to save files under 1 TB ?!

and is rapidshare good to save files ?! above that ?! without problems ?!

[amartin99]

ah
I thought I was in the netload thread (just clicked the link in my email and I have been arguing with a jerk in that thread a lot)
im not sure about FF
just starting to really use them myself

[alientech]

hmmm so is filefactory good to save files under 1 TB ?!

and is rapidshare good to save files ?! above that ?! without problems ?!

Free account is 500GB and 90 days. It does get deleted after 90 days of no access but premium is unlimited. I think as long as you stay under 2TB you will be fine even if you dont publish the links. Since they do give 500GB free, 2TB is not much more.. But cross 5TB and I am pretty sure you end up on a list and 10TB etc would mean you better bring in a lot of money for them, I have not hit 5TB yet since every time I come close I get some mass deletions of hundreds of files but I am sure all those multiple times were just coincidences since some people say they have 5-10TB for months now and no problems. They only recently got a 100TB server cluster.. Those cost a lot of money like $20-50K each plus the bandwidth as well and monthly rack storage as they are also rather big. They wanted to get a few more of them but not sure they have the cash to get it like megaupload who have over a thousand of them. RS is also up there but they have changed so often that they are not reliable. You never know what they will do next. Megaupload on the other hand at least was consistent in providing cheap storage as well as cheap and free access for most.

[TBDragon]

@alientech

u think its fine to take from FileFactory

but does they have 2 years account ?!

[amartin99]

I have nearly 6TB uploaded and don't think Ive had any deletes yet
haven't posted anything yet either though

not that I don't plan to post
im just trying to get my collection completely uploaded first (30TB)

[kraftx]

I'm in the same boat as amartin99. I am currently uploading a total of 30 TB than will be posting like a fiend with all the links that have been created. Staying organized is the Biggest problem that I have... Except for the uploading issues which all file host companies have been experiencing, Filefactory has been great and their tech support is very attentive like others have mentioned in this thread.

[alientech]

Its really simple.. You think they will let you use up something that costs them $50,000 for a $249 membership? Although I highly doubt that you can upload 10TB there. But I would strongly suggest you only use single large files and not split ones because they have 25% failures and dont forget to check the file sizes as well. They also removed one of the functions which gave you the server name in their tools section which you could use to check if the file was available and then using a downloader to check file sizes.. Other wise you will only know the file is offline when you actually go to download it and start downloading which is much more time consuming.

Also once you start to get deletions its better to not ask them for any money since that usually gets your account deleted with the reply that you can just sign up again for a new account and this time try not to use other peoples files......

For most users there are not many good options. All of them have some problems and weird restrictions. Filsonic changed the way many other hosts operated, not sure what their game was because they would not have made any money over time the way they operated. But with them gone no one is there to keep the other hosts honest. Also payouts have dropped drastically now to less than a quarter of what it was before. You would think when some major hosts go down, payouts would go up a lot at other hosts from people looking at new sites.

If you are willing to put some real work into it and not expecting much of a payout, I think FF is great tool to use. All the problems mentioned does mean keeping constant tabs and checking often and not over abusing the system. Filesonic's firefox plugin tool about copying the internet to your personal account and getting a pay check every week will not work here.

[THEAST]

I recommend you guys not to upload so much on FF, they have a pretty clear fair usage policy:

http://www.filefactory.com/legal/fairusepolicy.php

[kraftx]

THEAST,
I agree with you about storing all of your Terabytes on FF. I guess what I am trying to say (a few posts up) is that I have 30 TB of material to upload but as I upload I will take TB's of old posted material down and no longer have it on FF either. I will probably cap my total storage on FF at 10 TB's Max.

To alientech, You are right, the pay for PPD is no longer like it was but since I was not involved with this until the past few months I am not missing the previous formulas for PPD. I guess I am just happy to make anything based on the terabytes of files that I currently am beginning to share. The main source of income must come from the strategic ads that you place on your Website or Blog.