Author Topic: Web storage service (Read 12316 times)

RacePhoto · « **Reply #25 on:** April 18, 2013, 14:01 »

Yes, and I keep forgetting another solution. Register a domain name, get some hosting, store your own files. Only you have access, they are on servers, and if you want to link to something you can. But the nice part is, for $100a year, you have all the storage and backup that you need. 100% secure and only you have your files.

I'll try the drive dock thing again, just in case. Did you take the drive and put it into and external USB holder? Not into another computer, which changes nothing. Into something that doesn't run on the computer, but on it's own.

There are also drive recovery tools, software, you do the same. Plug the drive into an external holder, caddy, docking station, whatever. Run the software, which can take over 24 hours. It rebuilds the lost drive, sector by sector.

And since you found a backup, there's the good news.

Quote from: gillian on April 16, 2013, 17:48

so far I haven't needed to access files from that drive. or rather, the one time I did (and found it wasn't being recognised, tried it on 3 computers btw) I had the raw files on another back up.

I put all my stock files onto the new drive each year, so I have those files in 3 places now.
I wouldn't delete files if I used online back up, it would just be another safety net. I suppose I should look at buying my drives (indeed, almost anything!) online from the USA, probably much cheaper than here in Australia.

Of course you could also use dropbox as a backup? isn't that an easy solution?

click_click · « **Reply #26 on:** April 18, 2013, 14:19 »

Quote from: a1bercik on January 31, 2013, 17:35

Or - if you don't believe in cloud solutions - you can buy unlimited hosting in a company (in my case Dreamhost), build your own interface and enjoy. I pay $100 a year, which is - in my opinion - cheap option, considering the fact that all my files are not on Google/Amazon/Other servers. This includes hosting, unlimited space, unlimited traffic, unlimited internal addresses, etc.
You can find plenty of similar options in US.

Be very careful with that. Some web hosting companies do not like people using their servers for cloud storage.

If they sell web server space then it's mostly supposed to be used as web server space.

Startlogic threatened to kick me out because of I believe 1GB of forgotten stock footage clips on my web space.

Not cool.

gillian vann · « **Reply #28 on:** April 19, 2013, 04:01 »

^ bummer, requires a newer version of my OS

Dantheman · « **Reply #29 on:** April 19, 2013, 04:47 »

I also use Backblaze. Seems to work very well. The only downside was the long initial upload, took me 200 days to upload my whole pc. But thats not backblazes fault. My upload is just too slow

RacePhoto · « **Reply #30 on:** April 19, 2013, 13:00 »

Yes aside from the $99 a year part that is a problem for a penny pincher, cheapskate, like me. The time factor vs local storage is always there.

I'm not claiming the one true solution. Just the one that works for me, and trying to open ideas past "what's the best online backup" into, what ways can I effectively make good secure backups.

Home, own website, multiple hard drives (store a backup in a second location), pay for online storage. All have benefits and drawbacks, depending on what ones needs are.

200 days? Holy Cow, what's that dial-up!

Funny story, (maybe?) I did a hard drive of seven years backups to Picasa. Just for laughs. Not all the files, just the creation of thumbs and indexing. I thought maybe I could find things easier. It's on an old computer so I wouldn't waste the space on the working system, or the one that operates the business and office. Over 24 hours.

Then when I went to FL for Sebring, I started the face recognition on a Tuesday - got back Friday night and it was just finished. I think it was 72 hours working. Also no reason, just because I wanted to do it.

200 Days? Is that right? Imagine downloading everything if you needed a restoration. Not 200 hours?

Quote from: Dantheman on April 19, 2013, 04:47

I also use Backblaze. Seems to work very well. The only downside was the long initial upload, took me 200 days to upload my whole pc. But thats not backblazes fault. My upload is just too slow

cardmaverick · « **Reply #32 on:** April 20, 2013, 20:19 »

I use online storage solution (dot) com for my backups. It's a very powerful little service that's only $35 a year and gives you unlimited storage and you can backup from any device you have - internal drives, USB externals, etc.... they take it all - unlike most other services. It's also true cross platform, unlike most backup sites that only work with proprietary programs on Mac or Windows. They allow rsync to be used if your a power user, you can also use regular FTP, create public folders, users with login names, etc... It's really nice. The only downside, don't expect any customer support. It's mostly via email. With that said, it's a great bargain for the power user out there. They do seem to fix any issues fairly quick when you email them. I've been there for 2 years.

RacePhoto · « **Reply #33 on:** April 21, 2013, 19:30 »

Sounds like the best one I've ever heard of for people who want to go online. Similar features to Dropbox which I use for sending myself files, linking for people to pick up and some public things that I can later make disappear easily. And I have a free account, 8GB which does just enough for a job or my own little shared to all computers files.

$35 a year also hits the right price spot.

Quote from: cardmaverick on April 20, 2013, 20:19

I use online storage solution (dot) com for my backups. It's a very powerful little service that's only $35 a year and gives you unlimited storage and you can backup from any device you have - internal drives, USB externals, etc.... they take it all - unlike most other services. It's also true cross platform, unlike most backup sites that only work with proprietary programs on Mac or Windows. They allow rsync to be used if your a power user, you can also use regular FTP, create public folders, users with login names, etc... It's really nice. The only downside, don't expect any customer support. It's mostly via email. With that said, it's a great bargain for the power user out there. They do seem to fix any issues fairly quick when you email them. I've been there for 2 years.

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