Capacity of the hard drives available for purchase to people, is measured by terabytes today, and in the computer even not one disk can be installed. But it is all the same did not solve an information storage problem.
Background of emergence of cloud services
Earlier nobody could provide loading files in a large number into remote storages. Today with the advent of the high-speed fiber-optic Internet at rather low prices and a possibility of creation of qualitative media content and volume software products their loading in network became just necessary.
Processing power of computers also becomes cheaper with a constant output of technical new products. A huge number of servers for large services, such as Yandex or Google, became a usual thing. They also acted as pioneers in opening of cloud services of storage of files in network, available to all people on a free basis.
Before long time file hosting services, the most known of them now DepositFiles and LetitBit were in the lead. It is possible to upload any files to these sites, with a capacity up to several gigabytes. The websites even pay for their downloading by other people. So it is possible to receive up to $50 for 1000 loadings.
Free storages for all
Cloud services are provided by the websites Google Drive, Yandex.Disk, Mail.ru-Fayly, Dropbox and other services. All of them are completely free and have only restriction on total amount of the loaded files. Income of systems depends on the quotas for expansion of the available place bought by users. By default it is possible to receive from 50 to 100 GB of the place free of charge.
Most services have programs for Windows, Mac and Linux for more convenient loading of files from the computer. You can configure access rights of other users to your files. After loading only you and that other person could download it can download the file, it is necessary to expose the rights for all who have the reference. It is convenient to store text documents, video and photofiles in such services.
The Apple company stepped further, having created a cloud service of iCloud for all devices of vendor, that is, having iPad, iPhone and, for example, the Apple laptop, all necessary files will be available on all devices.
Because of emergence of such services from the large companies on a free basis there were opinions that all information loaded on them is checked by security department specialists both FSB, and FBI.
Therefore each person can just rent to himself the server or a hosting in any Internet company and to use him only for storage of files. Their loading and downloading are possible through any FTP client. The average cost of such "hard drive" of 2-3 terabytes begins from $40-50 a month.