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ceph vs Dropbox: What are the differences?
ceph: A free-software storage platform. In computing,It is a free-software storage platform, implements object storage on a single distributed computer cluster, and provides interfaces for object-, block- and file-level storage; Dropbox: Build the power of Dropbox into your apps. Harness the power of Dropbox. Connect to an account, upload, download, search, and more.
ceph and Dropbox can be categorized as "File Storage" tools.
Lyft, StackShare, and 9GAG are some of the popular companies that use Dropbox, whereas ceph is used by DigitalOcean, Twilio SendGrid, and Mirantis. Dropbox has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1071 company stacks & 960 developers stacks; compared to ceph, which is listed in 13 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.
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Pros of ceph
- Open source4
- Block Storage2
- Storage Cluster1
- Obejct Storage1
- S3 Compatible1
- Object Storage1
Pros of Dropbox
- Easy to work with434
- Free256
- Popular216
- Shared file hosting176
- 'just works'167
- No brainer100
- Integration with external services79
- Simple76
- Good api49
- Least cost (free) for the basic needs case38
- It just works11
- Convenient8
- Accessible from all of my devices7
- Command Line client5
- Synchronizing laptop and desktop - work anywhere4
- Can even be used by your grandma4
- Reliable3
- Sync API3
- Mac app3
- Cross platform app3
- Ability to pay monthly without losing your files2
- Delta synchronization2
- Everybody needs to share and synchronize files reliably2
- Backups, local and cloud2
- Extended version history2
- Beautiful UI2
- YC Company1
- What a beautiful app1
- Easy/no setup1
- So easy1
- The more the merrier1
- Easy to work with1
- For when client needs file without opening firewall1
- Everybody needs to share and synchronize files reliabl1
- Easy to use1
- Official Linux app1
- The more the merrier0
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Cons of ceph
Cons of Dropbox
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Cons of Dropbox
- Personal vs company account is confusing3
- Replication kills CPU and battery1
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What is ceph?
In computing,It is a free-software storage platform, implements object storage on a single distributed computer cluster, and provides interfaces for object-, block- and file-level storage.
What is Dropbox?
Harness the power of Dropbox. Connect to an account, upload, download, search, and more.
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What companies use ceph?
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What are some alternatives to ceph and Dropbox?
Minio
Minio is an object storage server compatible with Amazon S3 and licensed under Apache 2.0 License
Swift
Writing code is interactive and fun, the syntax is concise yet expressive, and apps run lightning-fast. Swift is ready for your next iOS and OS X project — or for addition into your current app — because Swift code works side-by-side with Objective-C.
FreeNAS
It is the simplest way to create a centralized and easily accessible place for your data. Use it with ZFS to protect, store, backup, all of your data. It is used everywhere, for the home, small business, and the enterprise.
Portworx
It is the cloud native storage company that enterprises depend on to reduce the cost and complexity of rapidly deploying containerized applications across multiple clouds and on-prem environments.
Hadoop
The Apache Hadoop software library is a framework that allows for the distributed processing of large data sets across clusters of computers using simple programming models. It is designed to scale up from single servers to thousands of machines, each offering local computation and storage.