wilfredo Posted October 13, 2012 Share #1 Posted October 13, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) I keep all my files on a separate external hard drive but it's time to back them up. What are the recommended online services for this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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peterbengtson Posted October 14, 2012 Share #2 Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) The first backup should be at least one or more copies on external hard drives, one copy stored off site. Edited October 14, 2012 by peterbengtson typo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
qvsm Posted October 15, 2012 Share #3 Posted October 15, 2012 Amazon S3 for cloud storage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeEvangelist Posted October 15, 2012 Share #4 Posted October 15, 2012 You may also want to consider CrashPlan - www.crashplan.com (Full disclosure - I work there) Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipus Posted October 16, 2012 Share #5 Posted October 16, 2012 I would recommend cloning your data to one, or even better two, drives instead of online backup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim-St Posted October 16, 2012 Share #6 Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) I've been using Backblaze for some time now - (was) much cheaper than Amazon, and while cloud storage may be something that can evaporate when you need it most , I've had no cause as yet to doubt them. I kind of agree with Philip, but I concluded one of the backup drives needs to be off site in case of fire, and cloud storage just seemed easier to manage and keep up to date than a drive in a bank vault or whatever. Fingers crossed... Jim Edited October 16, 2012 by Jim-St clarification 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted October 17, 2012 Share #7 Posted October 17, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) How about two or three backup drives, alternatingly keep one drive in your safe-deposit box at your bank? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipus Posted October 17, 2012 Share #8 Posted October 17, 2012 I've been using Backblaze for some time now - (was) much cheaper than Amazon, and while cloud storage may be something that can evaporate when you need it most , I've had no cause as yet to doubt them. I kind of agree with Philip, but I concluded one of the backup drives needs to be off site in case of fire, and cloud storage just seemed easier to manage and keep up to date than a drive in a bank vault or whatever. Fingers crossed... Jim An offsite backup is naturally very safe and if backup can be automated over the internet then simplicity of operation is added, too. My concern is just that it seems complicated to have very large image files and a multi-100GB library synchronise across the internet. Of course, it may very well be useful and possible so I defer to better knowledge and experience. I normally don't have any problems with cloud storage; I have all my emails since the mid-90s in Google's servers and only use web-based access because I never saw the need to download messages to my computers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
qvsm Posted October 17, 2012 Share #9 Posted October 17, 2012 Its all subjective, but since I'm simply a hobbyist, keeping multiple disks updated and in rotation - and keep one offsite - is more effort than I'm prepared to go through when cloud storage is affordable. We all have our own comfort levels though and differences on what we're prepared to spend. To be honest my film negs is more of a concern! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblitz Posted October 22, 2012 Share #10 Posted October 22, 2012 i have separate drives with all the files, but in the past year i simply save the sd card in a little pelican case. expensive, i suppose, but these cards can't be overwritten forever anyway, so i have nice stack of negatives,slides, and sd cards, all which will disappear when i am gone but who cares about that..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
radfilm Posted October 24, 2012 Share #11 Posted October 24, 2012 I use Smugmug and Smugvault for RAW flies. This is powered by Amazon.. It is very important to use a company that is going o be around for a long time. Many went under in the financial crisis.. You will spend a lot of time backing up to these services so you do not want to have to start all over again. I also have redundant Drives. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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