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by zidar 4369 days ago
I have a problem with "cloud storage." Most of those are simple file sync services and they have nothing to do with "the cloud".

OwnCloud for example, is just a php app used for syncing files with different clients. It is not distributed, the data is not replicated, there is no High Aveilabilty(HA) setup. Seafile could has HA if you pay.

The only true cloud storage system there is Swift. And CEPH is missing, which is a big player in cloud storage.

I may be wrong here, but cloud should be HA, scailable and distributed.

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Owncloud can do much more than just sync files: http://owncloud.org/features/ It's by no means distributed etc, though.
Repo owner here :P

You are right, I have to reconsider some categories, maybe something like "File Sync" is a better place for the rest of tools.

Ceph is categorized as Distributed File System

Thanks for your suggestions