I use OneDrive as my working storage* and offsite backup. Microsoft are unlikely to go bust overnight - people will have time to sort out an alternative.
I also backup periodically (using Synctoy) to a USB drive which I then disconnect, to reduce the risk of infection from the laptop, if the hackers get in. Synctoy just copies, it doesn't use a mysterious backup format, so it's easy to verify that it has worked, and is restorable. * throwback to my COBOL days... > On 18 Nov 2017, at 15:06, William Robb <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 8:52 AM David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I have been using multiple ext hard drives for my back ups mostly >> phots and documents. I'm going to have to purge somethings next year, >> running out of HD space probably by mid 2018 at current shooting rate. >> U have everything on the Ext but would like to put it al in one spot >> as well. One of our camera club members uses Crashplan but just >> wondering what others can recommend to me. Crash plan does not offer >> individual storage anymore just business but its $10 a month for >> unlimited storage so its got that going for it. >> > > The problem with cloud storage is that it is only as secure as the company > doing the storage. If it goes out of business, or gets hacked, etc, your > data might just disappear. > I’ve been using Drobos for over a decade now. I’m on unit two now because > the first one was a USB-1, and was getting too slow with data writing as > files got larger. > I think the one I have now is a Drobo 5d. They seem reliable, and are > infinitely expandable by increasing drive capacity. They offer double disc > redundancy, so if two drives kaak, you don’t lose anything, though this > comes at the expense of capacity. > -- 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.
