Yeah I agree with this, but hard drives do fail so data should be on multiple drives and should also be located in more than one location so a fire or theft doesn't lead to losing everything.
Not that I follow this in practice but in theory… --joshua On Jan 15, 2013, at 10:10 AM, Joseph Spinden wrote: > My "solution" is external hard drives: > 1. one-time purchase cost > 2. relatively inexpensive > 3. not dependent upon the cloud servers. I am not willing to chance a > 1-in-a-100-years failure.. > > Joe > > > On 1/15/13 9:14 AM, Mark Suazo wrote: >> I'd like to find a "cloud" service for images - problem is, I'd got >> approximately 300GB of images going back to 2001. Some duplication, but >> mostly lots of RAW files. Dropbox wants $500/year. I need a more affordable >> solution Any ideas? >> >> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Arlo Barnes <arlo.bar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I got Dropbox mainly for collaboration (sharing datasets and R files), and >> now I use it as the central storage location for all my photos - they go >> straight from the card (which is then cleared to make room) to Dropbox >> through it's automatic transfer function. I have had no problems, although >> the occasional horror story of individual files being lost without a trace >> has prompted me to start uploading them to a photoblog. >> I use Chrome sync[h] but because the computers I use are generally somewhat >> slow (especially with the number of tabs I am in the habit of opening) I >> don't often use the extensions that are synchronized. I am not impressed >> with the bookmark sync[h], as old folders that have been deleted on one >> computer are often restored from another. Then again, I have somewhat given >> up hope on keeping track of things I want to investigate with bookmarks >> anyway, as I create just too many. To-do lists have supplanted them for the >> most part; I still use Chrome's "save this window as a folder-full of >> bookmarks" function to save a browsing/work session for a time when my >> computer is less bogged down. >> For the most part, though, I have been trying to eliminate the need for >> backups altogether. As a student with not much budget for purchasing memory, >> and one that uses temporarily loaned computers and ones that break after >> only a year or two of use, I find it much easier to use online services for >> most program and data storage - using Google Docs rather than Word or Open >> Office, for instance. It makes collaboration and sharing a lot easier, too - >> I can worry less about file formats. To pick another example, instead of >> using iTunes or WinAmp or VLC (although I also have the latter for >> miscellaneous purposes) with a music library I use Grooveshark. >> There are still many things that need to be offline due to the paucity of >> Internet access in my house and sometimes at school, but many things can >> just be re-found - it is easier for me to re-download my ebooks, and various >> programs (Pidgin, GIMP, Inkscape, Notepad++, Chrome of course, a tuner >> program, and others including those mentioned above [Dropbox and VLC]) than >> to find and transfer them on a jumpdrive or such. However, I noticed I have >> also taken increasingly to putting all my files in one place - a folder on >> the desktop - rather than using My Documents. I even run programs that do >> not need to alter the registry and therefore self-install, such as tkMOO, >> from the desktop. With all this centrally located it is easier to pick up >> and move shop should I need to. >> And now I have a website I can put stuff I don't mind being public in one >> place, too. >> >> This all might be oblique to your question since I am not using the pay >> Dropbox, or Dropbox in a big way at all. >> >> -Arlo James Barnes >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> >> >> >> -- >> Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance >> in the rain. >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > -- > > "Sunlight is the best disinfectant." > > -- Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, 1913. > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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