Good day to all the users of Huang1111 Drive, as the webmaster of Huang1111 Drive, I deeply appreciate the support of all the users for Huang1111 Drive all along! In response to this Huang1111 Drive closure, and some questions and answers, I will explain to you here:
Before answering the questions, I'd like to briefly explain the original purpose of the Huang1111 Drive project to all of you, especially those who have been supporting it for a long time.
Huang1111 Drive was initially created to solve the problem I encountered when I couldn't download a domestic disk in Russia because I was actively participating in the Beta testing of Kaspersky antivirus software, and I needed to submit a large number of log files, screenshots, and video files, so how to share them became a problem.
Kaspersky provided a network drive, which was managed using the OwnCloud program, but since the server of the drive was set up in Russia, uploading and downloading in mainland China was not stable, and even had a very high probability of failure. So I deployed OwnCloud through Tencent Cloud Light Hong Kong server on August 3, 2020 and conducted the first round of testing in KaFan Forum (https://bbs.kafan.cn/thread-2187950-1-1.html), and the test results at that time were not ideal, which led me to finally give up the use of OwnCloud This also led me to abandon the idea of using OwnCloud to build a netdisk, because the server's own traffic needs to be realized in mainland China to achieve stable upload and download requires a high cost.
After several rounds of iteration, I finally chose to use Cloudreve program with Microsoft OneDrive/SharePoint storage way to build a network disk, this kind of way not only can directly connect with OneDrive/SharePoint, and itself does not take up the server bandwidth, so you can have a very good response speed, combined with Microsoft OneDrive/SharePoint. The speed of Microsoft OneDrive/SharePoint is not slow in mainland China and has a global CDN for acceleration, so I officially released Huang1111 Drive in October 2020 on the Kaspersky board of the KaFan forum.
The original intention of Huang1111 Drive is very simple, that is, to provide a piece of clean land in the domestic environment full of speed limitations on the network disk, so that all people can be acceptable upload and download speed for file storage, because Microsoft does not do the limitations of the SharePoint space, so the cost of using the SharePoint space is 0, so I only need to pass through the server Therefore, I only open a paid subscription for the parts that require server traffic (e.g. WebDAV, offline downloads, etc.) to balance the cost, and I don't place any restrictions on uploads or downloads that directly use SharePoint space.
I have been carrying out this original intention for five years, and I think because of this, Huang1111 Drive has been favored by more and more people, Huang1111 Drive has made extraordinary achievements in five years, the number of registered users reached 99,465, with an average daily IP of about 13,000+, and we are very grateful for the support of so many users for a long time! Without you there would be no Huang1111 Drive today.
Next, to answer common questions.
1. Why is Huang1111 Drive permanently closed? Why can't I continue my business?
A: Microsoft restricted the read and write access to the storage side of Huang1111 Drive on December 12, 2024 through background means, and set up a banner indicating that the data will be blocked on January 1, 2025, I carefully studied the content of the banner and found that Microsoft is through this clause (link: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/zh-CN/product/ForOnlineServices/MCA ), which states, “Use the Online Services in a manner that could harm the Online Services or interfere with others‘ use of the Online Services;” and “Use the Online Services in a manner that could harm the Online Services or interfere with others’ use of the Online Services. This clause was blocked, which had not been applied to paid subscriptions before, because the scope of the clause was very broad and there were no limitations, which led to unclear policies (e.g., how much is too much traffic, too much space, etc.), and CenturyLink had previously removed a large number of subscribers because of the network congestion caused by anonymous downloads. This is why we chose to completely shut down the disk, including the use of independent global not affected by any paid user groups, because I know very well, if this clause works on paid subscriptions, then it means that the use of M365 online services may be at risk of being withdrawn, which is unacceptable for a long term operation of the disk, before the problem does not happen to eliminate the hidden problems, rather than the problem occurs after the remedy is much better. It is much better to eliminate the hidden problems before they occur than to remedy them after they happen. Therefore, we hope all users can understand.
2: How should I choose storage after Huang1111 Drive is closed?
A: I don't recommend choosing any personally built network drive, this kind of network drive is usually built in the following two ways: ① the same as Huang1111 Drive using OneDrive/SharePoint as the storage end; ② using AliCloud object storage outside OSS through CloudFlare back to the source to achieve the purpose of free traffic costs. The first way will face the same risk as Huang1111 Drive encountered, and more online disk does not use commercial subscriptions like Huang1111 Drive, but directly through the E5 DEV subscription or other free recurring trial subscription, due to such characteristics, in the case of Microsoft found that there is a commercial behavior or the use of too much may be directly blocked or even cleaned up! (Microsoft cleaned up a group of users using E5 DEV in August this year, and if the disk had a file loss in mid-September this year, it can be assumed that it was stored in the E5 DEV subscription), and this process is usually not proactively notified by Microsoft, so by the time the discovery is made it is often more than the time limit to be prevented from being used, or apply for several days of data migration time from Microsoft support, but this will usually result in the blocking of content, or even purging of content (if Microsoft finds that there is commercial behavior or excessive use). Migration time, but this usually results in the loss of a large number of files, so I do not recommend using this type of disk again, not to mention the paid subscription is also at risk of being canceled. The second one is based on CloudFlare's peering, but it has a very fatal problem: CloudFlare has updated its latest terms (https://www.cloudflare-cn.com/terms/) to make it clear that if you burden your partners unnecessarily, you will be canceled, so this is also an unstable option. is also an unstable option. For the pure use of self-built storage for individuals to build a network disk exists, but I have previously inquired, in accordance with the normal object storage discount (excluding traffic costs) calculated that the cost of storage will be higher than the Baidu.com such as large network disk VIP pricing, so this is not a cost-effective program.
3: Will I be working on any more projects after Huang1111 Drive closes?
Answer: At present I expect to open an Internet security forum, focusing on the global Internet virus software, a large global exchange community, I am currently in the planning, and Huang1111 Drive the establishment of the original intention is roughly the same, I hope to do something more meaningful, is not expected to be delayed for a very long time, and I hope to invite more professionals engaged in the field of Internet security to join our community to maintain it together! I also hope to invite more professionals working in the field of Internet security to join our community to jointly maintain it, so that it can have an enduring vitality.
4. Matters related to the refund of paid users:
A: The data of free users of Huang1111 Drive will be forced to be deleted by Microsoft on January 1, 2025, but due to our storage isolation mechanism, the data of paid users will be retained until our subscription is completely deleted and then purged, the time is before March 11, 2025, we have already sent emails to all the paid users and are actively waiting for their response, which means the complete shutdown of Huang1111 Drive website should be after March 2025.
The refund formula for paid users is as follows:
Usage amount = original payment amount ÷ agreed usage days x actual usage days, refund amount = (original payment amount - usage amount) x 0.95 (5% payment channel handling fee)
5, our contact information:
Our communication QQ group number: 152988405
If you are interested in joining the future of the global Internet security community, you can also contact me directly, my e-mail is: [email protected]