Photo backup solution, massive storage?
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So, i'm looking for something like Dropbox, that i can just tag a folder and it will automatically backup all of my files. I want to be able to save a shit-ton of .RAW so i need to have a good deal of space. Looking at Dropbox proper they have a 50gb and 100gb upgrade for $10/$20 a month respectively.
Anyone know of any cheaper alternatives/what do you guys use?
A software solution may also be a good idea. I've got an HTPC that is always on, and i could throw a dedicated hard drive in there. The big thing here is i just want it to be "set and forget".
Anyone know of any cheaper alternatives/what do you guys use?
A software solution may also be a good idea. I've got an HTPC that is always on, and i could throw a dedicated hard drive in there. The big thing here is i just want it to be "set and forget".
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Bit simpler. Definitely cheaper.
Other than that I think there is a program that you can create iso's of the whole hard disk or a custom selection, in some programs this can be automated.
this might work http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/backupandimage.shtml
edit: brandoom you beat me to it.
http://www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html
Cobian is a free (open source) method to auto-backup. I haven't tried it yet, but I heard about it because of it's good rating.
then it broke and now I lost all my fucking music and photos so fuck that online is the way to go for security
I've an external NAS array (IcyBox Icy Box IB-NAS4220-B) which I've thrown 2x 1TB drives into. You can set them up as a couple of different RAID types, as well as just bunching them together as a JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) array.
It runs over the network, which is it's only downfall (The fastest transfer speed I've managed is 11mb/s, as opposed to 80mb/s and higher for my internal disks of the same model).
You can easily set it up for connection over the net, too. So you can be at any place and save stuff to it via a login.
It's a really nice, robust setup, and is very cheap and easy to set up.
http://skydriveexplorer.com/
The external drive should be the backup, not the only location that the data exists...
Another vote for external drive + sync/backup software.
Backup software is boring as hell, but I'm curious EQ what you ended up with?
$5/month "unlimited storage"
or a RAIDed NAS like previously suggested, we use one with 6x 1.5TB in RAID5 at work. Hardware raid has issues syncing after a faulty drive sometimes, but software RAID (while most of the performance is lost) has less issues in my experience.