Online Storage

[waveydavey]

Does anyone use or know of a good, reliable online storage facility for photos etc. I've done the usual searching but to be honest you could run one from your bedroom with a nice looking website and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between this and a pucka firm. I backup to a separate hard drive, burn to DVD and print the ones we want to put in an album but I think having a constantly managed facility is the way to go.

[glen_j]

take a look at this :) [url=http://aws.amazon.com/s3/]Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)[/url] its run by amazon i know someone that uses it and seems to work well

[Weebl]

Try [URL="https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTE3MjQzMzM5"]Dropbox[/URL]. You get 2 gig free ( I think it is 2 gig) and you can share, store etc, and an Iphone app also lets you fiddle with your stores.

[Planehazza]

[URL="http://www.photobucket.com"]www.photobucket.com[/URL] any good?

[waveydavey]

[quote=Planehazza;480071][URL="http://www.photobucket.com"]www.photobucket.com[/URL] any good?[/quote]


I've got a photobucket account and it's really good for photos but the upload time is horrendously slow. A site with FTP will be better and the Amazon one for now is very good and from a reputable source. I'm going to give it a go and I'll report on it's use if anyones interested

[debrooker]

I use [URL="http://www.carbonite.com/"]Carbonite[/URL], nice unobtrusive client which shows you what has been backed up via file overlays, unlimited storage, online access to files.

can't fault it.

[robgt]

25 gigs of free online storage from Microsoft on their [URL="http://skydrive.live.com/"]Windows Live Skydrive[/URL] site.
I don't think there is normal FTP access though, so it's all browser based uploading, which could be very tedious for a lot of files.

Loads of storage space for free though :D

Cheers,
Rob

[BaRoN30s]

Dropbox is very easy to use and if you use the link from within my signature we will both get 250MB extra free..... :)

plus if ya got family or friends that you would like to share video's, pics, music or what ever files you just make them a folder up & drag & drop what ever you want into that folder & thats all they can see..

very easy to use.. give it a go its FREE you got nothing to lose & if you invite family to use it you will get more free space..

[chockymonster]

It depends what sort of storage you want.
I have a mozy.com account with currently 133gb of photos and documents stored on.
I have an unobtusive client on my mac that uploads the contents of certain folders whenever a file changes.

[SteveH39]

I have been using a 1TB WD MyBook drive for 12 months now, it can be a bit slow when you first backup you files but afterwards is pretty quick. Good that you can also use it as a media server to PS3 / 360 etc. Got a shedload of music on it for that purpose, also, using the mionet software you can get access to the drive from another location like work. It's far from perfect but does what it says on the tin and is reasonably priced now.

[ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-World-Network-Storage/dp/B001RNNTVQ"]Western Digital My Book World Edition 1TB Home Network: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo[/ame]

steve.

[DarkTherapy]

[quote=Swigsy;480469]I have been using a 1TB WD MyBook drive for 12 months now, it can be a bit slow when you first backup you files but afterwards is pretty quick. Good that you can also use it as a media server to PS3 / 360 etc. Got a shedload of music on it for that purpose, also, using the mionet software you can get access to the drive from another location like work. It's far from perfect but does what it says on the tin and is reasonably priced now.

[URL="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-World-Network-Storage/dp/B001RNNTVQ"]Western Digital My Book World Edition 1TB Home Network: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo[/URL]

steve.[/quote]

+1 for the 1tb home network drive

You could also consider making a server, i have one in the attic, FTP,HTTP, remote desktop and its synched with my media folders so i dont have to manually back anything up.

[waveydavey]

I have everything backed up but don't want to use the backup drive as a constant access as it's this use I believe that knacks them in the first place, that's why having a backup on someone elses drives that are backed up themselves is just another one in the back pocket if you know what I mean. Cheers

[debrooker]

I used to use a seperate NAS drive for my backups, but when that died, I realised that (for me) I'd rather use an online facility.