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2TB cloud storage alternative
Uncle Pete:
You own the device, you have it at your home or location with internet. You control who can view or add images. Group, individual, Etc.
http://retail.sandisk.com/index.php/email/emailWebview
I'm not getting one, but I thought it was interesting because people have asked about travel and safe backup while on the road. 2T isn't huge, I'm sure there will be larger and competition. If I understood the promotional material, which is mostly fluff, you can send from any device, to your home storage unit.
A web connected 2T hard drive for $149 or $179 isn't a bad price. I don't need one, I'm not buying, or selling them. I just thought this was a new creative way to have photo sharing, and the owner controls everything. Personally SD cards and thumb drives are cheap enough that I can carry a pocket full. I have external drives, for backup in the field.
Private photo sharing device, is how I'd define it?
georgep7:
"This email is only viewable in the web viewer when clicking through the original emailTo try again, please go back to the email and click "View as Web Page""
--- Quote ---I don't need one, I'm not buying, or selling them.
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neither showing them to us!
:P :)
Jo Ann Snover:
I looked around on SanDisk's web site and can't see any product with 2TB in the price range you mention (and I got the same error message about viewing as web page). A quick google search didn't yield that combo
I think there would be issues you'd have to be concerned with about security of your storage - versus that's your cloud provider's worry - and what you'd do if power or internet went out at home while you were away (again possible at a cloud provider, but they have people around to fix it).
I'm curious though, so can you link to a product info page on SanDisk's site?
charged:
An alternative method would to install team viewer on your home machine, then when your on the road, send files home with your travel laptop via team viewer.
Or use Dropbox
Or pay for a hosting service and upload via ftp
Or use backblaze backup
I have all of the above.
Uncle Pete:
--- Quote from: charged on June 12, 2019, 11:31 ---An alternative method would to install team viewer on your home machine, then when your on the road, send files home with your travel laptop via team viewer.
Or use Dropbox
Or pay for a hosting service and upload via ftp
Or use backblaze backup
I have all of the above.
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Yes that's the idea, simple, wired to the internet 2T drive. Sorry about the link. Yes, it's WD drive, Sandisk is marketing, named ibi drive? Smart photo manager like having a private sharing site for family and friends. Privacy... control.
https://sameapk.com/sandisk-ibi-com-wdc-ibi/
Review: https://www.entertainment-focus.com/technology-section/technology-news/sandisk-release-ibi-their-new-smart-photo-manager/
I'm just posting for interest, new device technology. I use thumb drives, portable drives and at home have an array of external hard drives, backups and storage. I have Dropbox for documents and information I might want on the road. Personally I don't have a need or use for cloud backup.
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