I'm just tacking onto this thread because it deals with backup strategies. Smugmug just released a new archiving feature called SmugVault.
Until now, Smugmug's unlimited space, feature was limited to jpg, gif and png files. Customers have been asking for a way to store raw files for quite sometime, even at an increased cost. The current unlimited space policy remains unchanged, but for all other file types, storage is available, at this writing for about 22 cents per gigabyte per month. There are other reasonable charges for upload and download bandwidth. I emphasize that this is for any file type, not just photo related stuff. There are also some very tempting organizational features for photo file types. The details are here: <http://www.smugmug.com/price/smugvault.mg> I figured the annual cost of storing my current photo library would be about the same as the one time purchase price of an adequately sized external drive. The advantage over a local drive is obvious. The files are located off-site. So, I'm considering changing my backup strategy. A local archive device, such as a Drobo, combined with the off-site SmugVault should be relatively easy to maintain, convenient and not horribly expensive way to go. GS <http://georgesphotos.net> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
