storage options (the cloud)

I'm wondering how you guys store and back up your stuff and if any of you guys store your audio files anywhere other than external HD's ? like mediafire, rapidshare, drop box, Amazon s3, ftp to webserver, etc.

I'm considering backing up a lot of my stuff to the cloud in case someone decides to gank my HD or mpc...........but still researching my cheapest/best options (cloud based or not).

my main issue is that i got atleast 300 gb of raw stuff i'd like to back up, including beats, sample library, drums.


any thoughts?

I choose to go the tradition HD route...once FREE unlimited cloud storage is available I'll start using the cloud. I have about 200GB worth of data that I don't want to lose (increasing daily) I keep 2 backups each on separate drives. I have 2 network drives which all 3 of my computers can access and these drives are a total combined space of 1TB and 350GB. I also have a 500GB portable external drive I can move around. One of the most difficult parts of backing up data for me is staying organized and being consistent with doing the backups.

With that much gigabytes, I think an external HD is the right way to go and the 500GB HDs go cheap nowadays like from $60 to $170. 1TB HD is equal to like 1,200 GB. Uploading that much memory will take you a long time. Just my 2 centavos.

I agree with the external hd. I have pay for a web server and have an FTP that I could use to back up stuff, but it would take so long to upload and download it that it just doesn't make sense. I have 2 1tb externals. One USB and one wireless. If you are worried about getting jacked, I would go for a wireless, called a NAS, put it somewhere in the house people don't go. You can see it on your computer, but it doesn't have to be in the same room at all. Mine is on the 2nd floor in the kids room.

^^^Don't you think a wireless HD is prone to hacking and jacking? Just my 2 centavos amigo.

Ill-Green wrote:^^^Don't you think a wireless HD is prone to hacking and jacking? Just my 2 centavos amigo.

yes and no. it connects to my modem so you would have to know my login info in order to access it, which I imagine can be hacked, but its the same risk either way. also, i dont really have anything on there that is a value to anyone else, so to target me would be a waste of time, unless there is a digital vandal running around **** shit up for no reason. plus there are more security options within the hd software itself. its actually very similar to dropbox because there are shared folders, which anyone can access if they are on the network, and there are private folders that only admin can access. so far i havent had any issues.

i dont have a static ip, so i cant access it from outside of my wifi network, so i imagine neither could a hacker. im not a pro on this, so if you have some insight, please let me know and i may have to take further steps to secure my classified mpc project files.

I just bought a 2TB Seagate Green internal HD for backup purposes. Might be a good idea to buy a HD enclosure to use it externally.

I've been looking at the cloud storage thing develop for a while now but there's no chance it's viable for my audio files/projects due to the file sizes, immense time it'd take to upload and download (I'm on 0.4mb upload, 7mb download), extra expense for space (I'd need 800Gigs at least and these cloud storage ideas would charge stoopid moneys for that), my ISP data allowance (currently 60Gig between 8am-12am).
Anywayz... yeah... cloud storage aint the future for me till fibre optic mega speeds come into effect, which is still a century away.

The cloud guys are probs the same people who would rather have mp3 than wav. Suuuuure boss.

I recently bought a 1TB external HD to back up all my stuff.
Cost £80, I loaded all my stuff on there, now its back in its box out the way.
For some reason I'd just prefer to have it in my possession rather than on a cloud somewhere.

temetrepo wrote:http://www.gobbler.com/

Don't quote me on this but I have a feeling we are going to see more sites like this begin to pop up until eventually we see the big dogs like Google and Microsoft jump in and offer large amounts of storage for free. I could especially see Google doing this with adds being their payoff somehow. This is just my assumption though.

Upright wrote:

temetrepo wrote:http://www.gobbler.com/

Don't quote me on this but I have a feeling we are going to see more sites like this begin to pop up until eventually we see the big dogs like Google and Microsoft jump in and offer large amounts of storage for free. I could especially see Google doing this with adds being their payoff somehow. This is just my assumption though.

I agree. Actually this is a pretty dope idea. I'm going to sign up...

cozy wrote:I agree. Actually this is a pretty dope idea. I'm going to sign up...

I signed up, confirmed email, downloaded file then realized it's Mac only

Cloud storage will be useful once faster networks are rolled out. It is a good 2nd or 3rd option backup system at the moment but does not handle hi data rates fast enough for a primary storage system. The other problem of course is that this storage is paid for. It is in human nature to collect and hoard. So imagine the redundant data being stored by users! I could share a file with any of you. A copy would go around and you end up with however many copies. All these copies being stored in some server farm somewhere. Doesn't seem efficient. The entire infrastructure and the cultural idea of storage would need to be addressed - For example - if we all have a copy of the aforementioned file, perhaps we could all share that single file. But the point of this shift will be subscription based storage at a price determined by size requirements. Why would a company reduce their storage capacity if that's their bread?

Personally I think it's a good idea to back up as much as you can to dvds in dvd-sized chunks. Then you can store the dvds somewhere else if you really want to have it in two places.
Also, you get the benefit of not having to worry about it being overwritten, it's like a time capsule.

nogginj wrote:Personally I think it's a good idea to back up as much as you can to dvds in dvd-sized chunks. Then you can store the dvds somewhere else if you really want to have it in two places.
Also, you get the benefit of not having to worry about it being overwritten, it's like a time capsule.

thats a good idea, I didnt even consider that. No one is gonna steal a stack of dvds like that, especially if you put them away in a random spot and make duplicates.