Digital BW, The Print

While I know that "cloud" (the new techno geek term) services are being
marketed heavily, I believe that the issue is more than just going out of
business. You are releasing all of your images, personal files and data to a
third party to protect. Quite frankly I believe that is a lousy idea. HD
space is getting cheaper by the day, why take the risk of placing your data
with a third party when you can secure it yourself. Cloud services have
employees who can or may be compromised. Can anyone say Wiki Leaks?

 

From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Stephen
Castello
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 5:19 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] OT: cloud storage of photo files

 

  

On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:08:45 -0000, "Michael" <michael3442@...
<mailto:michael3442%40yahoo.com> >
had a flock of green cheek conures squawk out:

>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

I wouldn't consider it any safer than a floppy, considering how many
of those online storage places that have come and gone.

-- 

Stephen

If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown too?





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