Amazon offering 5GB of free online storage
I hope I haven't missed a previous post but I've just seen that Amazon are now offering up to 5GB of cloud storage for free - and it looks pretty cheap for extra as well - it used to be just for US but now looks like it's been opened up to the UK as well
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Jump to unread Post a CommentNow I'm stuck between Skydrive with Windows 8 just installed, Google Drive on Windows 7 and my old Dropbox.
seems very expensive
seems very expensive
seems very expensive
I know it is a bit offtopic, but there is a level of redundancy you don't get with a hard disk. If lightening struck a datacentre with all your photos of your honeymoon in Haiti... you would still have access to it - unlike if your progeny smashed your external backup drive that cost 65 quid hard drive like it was a Duplo Firetruck.
If you couldn't bare losing a 1TB amount of data, then maybe that would seem good value. Meanwhile, I am sure I have 5gb of data I would like to keep - so hot from me.
Also whiskey.
As for the price for 1TB I'd rather buy 2 1TB HDD and have 2 back ups the chances of both discs going down is minimal.
As for the deal - definitely voted hot! All of their prices seem very reasonable - 50Gb for £16/yr, that's just over a pound a month! That's even cheaper than Google Drive, let alone DropBox who charge £65 for 100Gb a year.
seems very expensive
I know it is a bit offtopic, but there is a level of redundancy you don't get with a hard disk. If lightening struck a datacentre with all your photos of your honeymoon in Haiti... you would still have access to it - unlike if your progeny smashed your external backup drive that cost 65 quid hard drive like it was a Duplo Firetruck.
If you couldn't bare losing a 1TB amount of data, then maybe that would seem good value. Meanwhile, I am sure I have 5gb of data I would like to keep - so hot from me.
Also whiskey.
Good points but 2TB drives can be had for about £80 (external) I keep a backup on the hard drive at my parents house which is then stored in their fire safe as well as an identical backup in our safe and update weekly via a laptop and usb drive rather than transport the HDD about. (mine was bought when about £50 each) but seems as reliable and safe as online storage I know exactly where it is, it isn't at risk from hackers like a data storage centre would be.
Now I'm stuck between Skydrive with Windows 8 just installed, Google Drive on Windows 7 and my old Dropbox.
yep and worse of all each is better at something the other doesnt provide ... particularly if you use win 7 an ipad and a windows phone ;-) .. i would like skydrive the most if skydrive didnt by default (and on win phone 7 cannot be changed) compress images
security on dropbox is aweful even though i find it the easiest for sharing large docs
Now got 8GB on Dropbox
5GB on Amazon & Google :)
If Virgin Media is your ISP, you get free cloud storage included.
Broadband size M&L = 5GB.
Broadband size XL = 10GB.
Broadband size XXL = UNLIMITED!
Link = http://my.virginmedia.com/my-apps/backup-and-storage.html
Voted hot.
^H^
That is one technique... but hard disks fail, every day, and not always when you expect them to - an Amazon data centre will replace a hard disk at the first sign of failure, and your data will go on [sings Titanic theme].
Fire safes are usually rated for paper only. If you have a media one, then - if they work, you have two hours, and the potential for some data loss. And a media fire safe costs about £350.
Not that I am an Amazon fanatic, personally I would use backupplan or some such and save a bunch of money. But If you treasure photos, or have data which IS your business, things like this start to make sense.
Their fire safe is actually a good one bought cheap after the 2007 floods as the boxes had got wet at the store and was totally disintegrated but the inner sealed packaging was fine think it was about £200 instead of £600 but negotiated to £150 (i get the feeling they had already been paid for on insurance as a write off hence the low price to "dispose of the evidence"), however I still wouldn't trust it for longer than 30 minutes, which is where the security of twin backups, at the worst i lose 7 days worth of photo's and a few smaller files.
Their fire safe is actually a good one bought cheap after the 2007 floods as the boxes had got wet at the store and was totally disintegrated but the inner sealed packaging was fine think it was about £200 instead of £600 but negotiated to £150 (i get the feeling they had already been paid for on insurance as a write off hence the low price to "dispose of the evidence"), however I still wouldn't trust it for longer than 30 minutes, which is where the security of twin backups, at the worst i lose 7 days worth of photo's and a few smaller files.
so what we've learnt here is that we should all wait for more floods, that happen to damage more stock of firesafes. then we can all get expensive media firesafes for cheap. i'll be the first to post the deal here when it inevitably happens in probably a few days.