Cloud storage

[89th]

I have various cloud "things" in addition to my local SSD and HDD. iCloud for my iPhone stuff... One Drive for most of my documents (etc)... and Carbonite for a general back-up of most computer files. I have to admit I've been very pleased with One Drive, btw.

[Axtremus]

Personally, my approach is that I really don't consider photographs and videos important enough to require serious backup. If I loose my videos and photographs, I can live with that. Once I exclude my videos and photographs, the volume for all the truly important data that I want to reliably backup is very manageable and I do not really need Cloud backup.

[xenon]

@Axtremus said in Cloud storage:

Personally, my approach is that I really don't consider photographs and videos important enough to require serious backup. If I loose my videos and photographs, I can live with that. Once I exclude my videos and photographs, the volume for all the truly important data that I want to reliably backup is very manageable and I do not really need Cloud backup.

Interesting perspective!

If I lost our photos and videos - I'd be pretty dang upset. I don't think my wife would ever recover. It's pretty much the only real important class of files I have.

[George K]

I went with iCloud just because I'm a fanboi. I found the Dropbox interface a bit clunky. I have everything stored in the cloud, and I can access it from any iOS or Mac that I sign in with.

[jon-nyc]

Thats what I do.

[Aqua Letifer]

You do anything that has an orifice, jon, what does it matter I use OneDrive.

[89th]

@Axtremus interesting, photos/videos are probably my top priority to back up.

[George K]

@89th said in Cloud storage:

@Axtremus interesting, photos/videos are probably my top priority to back up.

I saw a blogpost about what resolution you should use to scan your photos.

The author made an interesting comment:

"If I want to preserve my photos for posterity, I print them and put them in an album. How many of us have VHS videos of family that are unviewable. Digital is nice, but hard copy is forever."

[89th]

Great point! I do have a plan to make an annual photo album as my daughter grows up.

[jon-nyc]

Yeah but - it's not the format that goes obsolete it's the storage media. I'm not worried about stuff on my computer.

[Doctor Phibes]

The other big difference between digital storage and hard copies is it forces you to filter out the good stuff, and also means you actually look at the photos.

Mrs. Phibes did a number of scrapbooks of our kids growing up, and I love getting them out and looking at them once in a while. I don't think I've ever gone through the gazillions of digital photos stored on the PC.

[89th]

Agreed...one reason I want to force myself to make the album (and even a compilation video) is because I rarely go back into the archives just to reminisce.

[Loki]

@George-K said in Cloud storage:

I went with iCloud just because I'm a fanboi. I found the Dropbox interface a bit clunky. I have everything stored in the cloud, and I can access it from any iOS or Mac that I sign in with.

Yup. Its so easy and foolproof, it’s ridiculous.

[George K]

@Loki said in Cloud storage:

@George-K said in Cloud storage:

I went with iCloud just because I'm a fanboi. I found the Dropbox interface a bit clunky. I have everything stored in the cloud, and I can access it from any iOS or Mac that I sign in with.

Yup. Its so easy and foolproof, it’s ridiculous.

Pardon the clunky interface grammar. I should have said "I can access it from any iOS or Mac with which I sign in."

[taiwan_girl]

@xenon said in Cloud storage:

@Axtremus said in Cloud storage:

Personally, my approach is that I really don't consider photographs and videos important enough to require serious backup. If I loose my videos and photographs, I can live with that. Once I exclude my videos and photographs, the volume for all the truly important data that I want to reliably backup is very manageable and I do not really need Cloud backup.

Interesting perspective!

If I lost our photos and videos - I'd be pretty dang upset. I don't think my wife would ever recover. It's pretty much the only real important class of files I have.

Same with me. LOL