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    Good places to backup pictures online??

    What online photo backup services are any good??

    I have a few dozen gigabytes of RAWs and processed pics I would like to backup(just in case).

    How secure are they??

    Edit!!

    Is it worth encrypting the pics??
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    Re: Good places to backup pictures online??

    flickr gives you 1Tb for free, should be enough I would have thought?

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    Re: Good places to backup pictures online??

    If you want a secure service, then SpiderOak's 100GB package isn't too pricey.

    If you don't, then I imagine Flickr would be the best option as mentioned.

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    Re: Good places to backup pictures online??

    Yep, Flickr, although the paid packages now are not as good as they have been - I get unlimited space, but that package isnt available any longer.
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    Re: Good places to backup pictures online??

    Thanks everyone - is it worth encrypting the files?? Also if you upload them,is there any sneaky crap like with FB where they own rights or something else like that??

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    Re: Good places to backup pictures online??

    Dropbox works for me

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    Re: Good places to backup pictures online??

    I would plonk a spare Microserver into the house of a relative. Install XPEenology onto a USB stick and load the box up with a few spare hard drives.

    Setting up auto backup should be easy via Bittorrent Sync (haven't tried it myself on XPEenology, but it works great with Windows boxes), and assuming the box has spare storage space you can install Plex server or similar onto it so your relative can enjoy his movies/music off it as well.
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    Re: Good places to backup pictures online??

    I'd never, ever, ever use drop box. Too many core issues.

    SkyDrive is great if you want something that gives you sync'ing and control. It's 1tb of space if you are a 365 subscriber which is very good value for money overall.
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    Re: Good places to backup pictures online??

    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post
    I'd never, ever, ever use drop box. Too many core issues.

    SkyDrive is great if you want something that gives you sync'ing and control. It's 1tb of space if you are a 365 subscriber which is very good value for money overall.
    It's unlimited now for 365 subscribers.

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    Re: Good places to backup pictures online??

    Do you need to view/share the photos online or is it just storage?

    If you do then you already have the good options..either Flickr or your mobile OS provider of choice (G+/Picasa, iCloud or SkyDrive). Note that all 4 of those services are just as vulnerable as the next, as long as you have strong passwords and security questions you are unlikely to have any issues.

    If you just need storage though then I would look at Amazon Glacier. Its $0.01 per gigabyte/month so its incredibly cheap. It's nicely integrated with Synology NAS boxes too so I use mine to keep all my photos synced to glacier, for a total cost of around $1 USD per month. It's arguably the more secure option as its harder to get your files out (no online photo browser/sharing mechanism for example)

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    Re: Good places to backup pictures online??

    Thanks again for the answers. Had a looksy at Amazon Glacier but not sure I like all the data extraction fees,especially since they are very vague about how it is calculated:

    http://www.wired.com/2012/08/glacier/

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    Re: Good places to backup pictures online??

    There's a couple of glacier calculators out there - the costs can get scary if you are using it in a way Amazon haven't really intended it to be used.

    As a media backup (i.e. you are only going to be downloading your stuff - in a controlled manner - once or twice in a disaster recovery situation) it seems fairly reasonable. Might be worth having a backup 250GB USB3 drive (or two) that you can keep off-site as well.


    http://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html

    http://liangzan.net/aws-glacier-calculator/

    The second link is "unofficial" but seems more comprehensive than the amazon one

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    Re: Good places to backup pictures online??

    Yeah the retrieval fees can be expensive - but as Virtuo says it depends how you use it.

    I am using it as a cheap alternative to running my nas in RAID1. I'm using RAID5 at the moment for the extra storage capacity that provides (With some measure of recovery) so I don't really need to access the data. As a result Glacier is perfect for me and i'll only pay for retrieval in a DR situation, where I will happily pay the relatively small fee

    It's different if you need regular access or to share things online etc as I mentioned, as then it gets unwieldy and rather expensive. You can also do things with AWS & EC2 to get around the fees but its a bit fiddly and generally not worth the time.

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    Re: Good places to backup pictures online??

    Emm,hell no! So if I were to store 250GB of pictures and RAW files and access it once for download in 12 or 24 months over 24 hours,it would cost £50 for retrieval.

    100GB of pictures and RAW files accessed once in a year will cost £40 in retrieval fees.

    Plus that is assuming a 24 hour download rate,plus all the complications of getting Amazon to release the data back to you.

    Edit!!

    This would explain it:

    http://storagemojo.com/2014/04/25/am...r-secret-bdxl/

    It appears Glacier is probably using Blu-Ray disk/Blu-Ray derivatives to store data on.
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    Re: Good places to backup pictures online??

    I use Dropbox

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