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Guys,
I am aware that there are MANY ways to backup data. One of the most common for photographers (or others) is to use a second or third external HD and store it away from the premises, in the event of a catastrophic event. But, that's a bit of a pain....
I explored options, and I found out Amazon.com has an area devoted to their Amazon Web Services page called Simple Storage Solutions (or S3 for short).
Cost: $0.15 per GB storage per month, with a $0.20 per GB transfer fee. If you send a lot of data back and forth, you will use the transfer fee, if you only send it out once it's hardly worth mentioning.
Going further, Amazon provides this slick service for CHEAP, but it is meant for developers, NOT newbies. I found a new beta interface called Jungle Disk that expedites the transfer process in an Explorer format of drag and drop (BTW- I use WInXP). I was able to download that, and there is a support forum for tech questions, answers, and issues.
It works OK, although the uploads are semi-slow, even with fast cable, and so I uploaded 15GB of data over the course of three evenings while I was sleeping.
Going one final step I found another recommended piece of software called NetDrive, which converted this Network window into a Drive letter, and so now I can use my ACDSee photo organizing program to recognize, open and save images to the folders in the new drive letter (In my case ( X: )).
My ability to store my needed files offline has just been simplified by drag and drop, and it will cost me only about $3.00 per month, billed automatically.
Other's experience?
Coop
I am aware that there are MANY ways to backup data. One of the most common for photographers (or others) is to use a second or third external HD and store it away from the premises, in the event of a catastrophic event. But, that's a bit of a pain....
I explored options, and I found out Amazon.com has an area devoted to their Amazon Web Services page called Simple Storage Solutions (or S3 for short).
Cost: $0.15 per GB storage per month, with a $0.20 per GB transfer fee. If you send a lot of data back and forth, you will use the transfer fee, if you only send it out once it's hardly worth mentioning.
Going further, Amazon provides this slick service for CHEAP, but it is meant for developers, NOT newbies. I found a new beta interface called Jungle Disk that expedites the transfer process in an Explorer format of drag and drop (BTW- I use WInXP). I was able to download that, and there is a support forum for tech questions, answers, and issues.
It works OK, although the uploads are semi-slow, even with fast cable, and so I uploaded 15GB of data over the course of three evenings while I was sleeping.
Going one final step I found another recommended piece of software called NetDrive, which converted this Network window into a Drive letter, and so now I can use my ACDSee photo organizing program to recognize, open and save images to the folders in the new drive letter (In my case ( X: )).
My ability to store my needed files offline has just been simplified by drag and drop, and it will cost me only about $3.00 per month, billed automatically.
Other's experience?
Coop