Along those lines, why not Smugmug which was discussed immediately after the storage question in the context of AWS?
http://smugmug.com/photos/photo-sharing-features/ Unlimited storage, transfer, great UI, etc. There is a limit per-file size, but for the $150/year plan that's 24 MB. I don't know how big full resolution files are on high pixel cameras these days. -Dan On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Mikael Sundberg < mikael.sundber...@gmail.com> wrote: > If i understood it correct it is mostly pictures? > Then how about flickr? i havent read the fineprint, but 25$ for unlimited > transfer and storage/year sounds very cheap to me. > And you can make everything private so noone else can see it. And it has > pretty nice api's for transfer and such. > > > /Micke > > 2010/2/14 Steven Herod <steven.he...@gmail.com> > > I've seen crash plan and I used DropBox and iDisk with mobile me >> >> All cloud based backups for me though suffer the same problem, I lack >> symmetric bandwidth and enough data allowances in Australia to make >> that work for me. >> >> So for me its 1TB drive and Time Machine. It's cheaper just to have >> two drives, one at work, one at home, backup in two places.... >> >> On Feb 14, 10:42 am, klauer <kla...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I haven't heard anyone mention CrashPlan (http://www.crashplan.com), >> > which has it's own comparison of pricing terms to its competitorshttp:// >> b2.crashplan.com/consumer/features-compare.html >> > >> > From what it shows, 2TB can be stored at $54/year for one(1) person, >> > which is pretty reasonable in comparison to their mentioned >> > alternatives (Carbonite, Mozy, Pure Amazon S3). >> > >> > I've used CrashPlan's free version in the past, and I think the >> > interface is pretty stellar, as it allows you to specify what you want >> > to back up as opposed to having to do a blanket upload of your entire >> > hard drive. >> > >> > -Nick >> > >> > On Feb 13, 3:27 am, grydholt <grydh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > > Hi, >> > >> > > Just heard Joe's search for an online backup solution. As I understood >> > > him, he does not need instant online access to the files ("I like >> > > robots"). My low cost solution would be to buy a large 2TB drive and >> > > put it into a Mac (I guess Windows is not an option in this case). The >> > > drive would then be used to consolidate all the photos. In other >> > > words, all photos from various sources (other laptops, desktops, and >> > > various harddrives) should be copied onto this drive. Then open a >> > > Carbonite account and backup the photos for a flat $55 a year. The >> > > advantage is clearly the price, some of the disadvantages: >> > >> > > - Can only backup internal drives, you need to copy all photos to >> > > this drive >> > > - You cannot easily access the data from other places, this is a >> > > local backup solution only. If you need access/backups from various >> > > computers, you'll need something like dropbox or spideroak, but that's >> > > pricy >> > >> > > Personally, I am running spideroak for all data, but it is running >> > > close to my 100GB limit. I plan to split my data into two tiers. One >> > > tier is that the data I want to easily share between computers like >> > > mp3 files and photos. I'll be able to keep this under 100GB for the >> > > foreseeable future. The other tier will be flac files and home videos >> > > (which kind of kills the Posse's argument that the normal user does >> > > not need TB's of backup). This tier, I plan to backup using something >> > > like Carbonite since it has a flat rate. I've set up my parent's >> > > computer with Carbonite and it was very user friendly (backup default >> > > Windows folders automatically). >> > >> > > <tinfoil hat on> >> > > For Europeans, note that the data will probably be uploaded to the US, >> > > and I don't know if Carbonite falls under safe harbour agreements >> > > between the U.S. and the E.U. Of course, the data is supposed to be >> > > encrypted with your own personal key, but you never know... >> > > </tinfoil hat on> >> > >> > > /grydholt >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. 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