Hi all,
Recently we’ve released a few updates to our 3.x product, finished our migration, and updated our website. We’re starting to get some good traction with new users, and the underlying storage system is scaling well with the load.
The latest releases (up to 3.0.4) have fixed a few small problems and added a couple features. For example, you can now switch users on the Windows client and you can modify the upload cache size. We fixed a bug with unicode character handling, and improved the network interruption handling for the Windows client. In our next major release we will be adding significant new features around backup and sharing.
The migration process officially finished over two weeks ago. If you have any issue relating to that, please let us know at support@allmydata.com . We moved a few TB worth of data and it is now safely stored in our new 3.x storage grid along with the data from our new customers (thanks!). We will be re-deploying our hardware to the new 3.x storage grid over the next couple months and look forward to building out a new co-location site as well.
Last, we’ve updated our web client with a nice preview feature for images. We plan to add some previews for other types of documents and files (pdf, audio, video, etc.) so look for those to come out over the next couple months as well.
Back to work - let us know if you have any new ideas!
Peter
June 6th, 2008
Hi all,
We’ve just released Allmydata 3.0.4 which fixes a couple unicode problems on both the web client and the native Windows client. This is not a mandatory upgrade, but if you do envision using unicode file names, it would be best to upgrade.
Thanks,
Peter
June 4th, 2008
Hi all,
We’ve just updated the Windows client with the ability to switch accounts and also with the ability to control your local upload cache size (in Preferences).
We’ve also updated the web client to have image preview and we’ve tidied up a few other things on the site.
We’re working hard on the Mac client and a couple other projects and look forward to announcing them soon!
Peter
June 2nd, 2008
We’ve just released an update to our 3.0 version - Allmydata 3.0.2. This version has the following updates:
* Improved virtual drive behavior under network interruptions
* No longer need to give permission on Vista every time the application is started
* Limit the log file sizes to 5MB
Note that we still have a problem saving the meta-data associated with certain types of files (usually videos). This is due to a secondary file stream “feature” that some programs use on Windows, so we are working on supporting that as well.
Talk soon,
Peter
May 19th, 2008
Hi all,
I posted a bit over a week ago that we were going to shut down the 2.x service on May 15th. We decided to give people a few more days just in case they forgot, but as of this Wednesday May 21st the 2.x service will no longer be accessible. If you need any files after that or feel your migration isn’t complete, just let us know and we can dig through the old data.
Also, we are about to release 3.0.2 which will fix a couple issues where you had to open up ports 139 and 445 on your firewall (SMB) in order to get the service running. We also removed the need for Vista permissions on every run, though you will need to accept them the very first time you install.
Talk soon,
Peter
May 19th, 2008
Our first pass at migration is 99% complete. This means that we are getting ready to shut down access to the 2.x storage network. We will then run a last quick pass over it to catch any last minute changes, and then we will shut it down fully.
Any problems, questions, or concerns, let us know!
Peter
May 13th, 2008
We are getting closer to the completion of migration. Remember that we will go over all of the accounts once more when this is done to make sure that nothing was missed.
Talk soon,
Peter
May 7th, 2008
Migration is still going, most of you should have all of your files migrated now as we are doing it on an account by account basis. Note that our target date for shutting down the 2.x network (the old one) is May 15th, but obviously we will extend that if necessary.
Talk soon,
Peter
May 6th, 2008
We are happy to announce Allmydata 3.0 which provides secure, unlimited backup, storage, and sharing for your important files.
This is a major release:
- Allmydata now shows up as a drive on your computer
- You can run files directly from the Allmydata drive
- You get a 1Gb free account and the option to have unlimited online storage for $4.99 per month
- You can access your files from the web without needing to download the client
- You can install Allmydata on multiple computers for $4.99 per month per computer
Download Allmydata 3.0 now!
Thanks for using Allmydata and we look forward to keeping your files safe and secure!
The Allmydata Team
Note that version 3.0 is incompatible with version 2.x. For current users, we are migrating all files to the 3.0 version, but you will have to install 3.0 to access them. Migration is due to complete by May 15th at which point access to the 2.x service will be turned off. You can run 3.0 and 2.x versions simultaneously on the same machine.
May 5th, 2008
Migration is still going, will keep you updated.
Peter
May 5th, 2008
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