Digital BW, The Print

Hey Mike,
Just a few thoughts.. I've been thru the wringer on this topic at one time or other .. Respectifully while an on line source may show up to many as a convience it is not a guarantee.. Be totally clear about that ok? Their is no data guarantee ... They are cutting pennies just like you to make things work..  No kidding and I'm serious..... if all your after is 25 GB of off site storage then buy a 32 GB flash drive and keep it in your glove box..or if you get a survivor .. keep it in a piece of 4 inch plumbers tubing capped on one end and a screw on lid on the other buried in your yard.. (I'm not joking) 
The on line stuff is great in theory but in truth it's like watching paint dry.. from and upload and download standpoint.. plus you still need to file manage it so you know what you have.. Off site file management software has a cost also.. I guess the only way you get to get a sense of it is when you break.. I mean loose your drives.. and you really need the data.. like bad.. and now... try downloading 20 gb off the web to restore something..  What happens if you work your way up or grow  to 50 / 100 plus GB..  Anyway food for thought..

jimbo

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 2:08 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] OT: cloud storage of photo files


    
  Realizing I need to include off-site backups in my backup plan, I'm looking into various cloud storage options(online storage on someone else's server). Liking to keep things inexpensive, I signed up for Microsoft's Skydrive which offers 25 GB of free storage space (skydrive.com). Thanks MickeySoft! While that's a huge amount of space to give away for free, and will hold lots of documents, photographers on this forum will likely need more space. Nevertheless, it's a good place for me to start. There's some hoops to jump through to use this space, like the need for a WindowsLive registration, and some confusion as MS goes through some cloud based growing pains. 

  To upload my files I've tried Skydrive Explorer (cloudstorageexplorer.com), a free program with basic functions and a upgraded paid version with slightly more features. I'm also trying another free/paid upgrade program called Gladinet (gladinet.com) that offers professional level features (e.g., mirrored uploading to multiple cloud sites). I've done my first uploads with both and Gladinet is quite interesting, to say the least.

  So, the reason for the post is to ask if others here have started to use cloud storage services for their photos and what have you learned that would be useful to those of us just starting out? And sorry for the OT subject. Thanks!

  Michael



  

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