Off site cloud based photo storage (Page 2): Lossless compression of a JPEG or a TIFF by zipping rarely reduces the file size by more than 1%.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

rmalarz wrote:

A question was asked regarding Backblaze and file compression. Here's the information from their web site regarding photographs specifically.
--Bob

Lossless compression of a JPEG or a TIFF by zipping rarely reduces the file size by more than 1%.

Fredrick Loc: Former NYC, now San Francisco Bay Area

Morning Star wrote:

My "system": br Copy photos from camera ... (show quote)

Now all you need is to have a son, and one that lives nearby.

ChrisKet Loc: Orange, CA

If you only want a cloud storage solution for a catastrophic event, and you have an Amazon prime account, they offer unlimited photo storage included free with your prime membership. You can set it up to automatically upload new files in your defined frequencies. Additional minimal charges if you want to also store video or document files. Amazon Photos.

sbohne

I do NOT recommend Carbonite unless they have improved from when I had them. You had to check your photos to be backed up, the restore process took about two years (ok, I exaggerate, but it took forever--I half expected for Jesus to return before this completed), and it STILL missed files and some were corrupted. I stopped using them

NCMtnMan Loc: N. Fork New River, Ashe Co., NC

I used Mozy for years until Carbonite bought them. I was in the IT business for 30 plus years and never had anything but issues with Carbonite. So, I dropped Mozy and went to iDrive and have been very pleased with them. I get 5TB for just a few dollars a month and they have a no cost hard drive upload plan to get you started if you have a lot of files to backup. I would suggest that you backup your other data as well as your photos.

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

Fredrick wrote:

Now all you need is to have a son, and one that lives nearby.

I do :-))
Although a daughter, grandchild, good friend could also take on the task.

I'm actually having some fun with this: Where I said before that I take the HD to my son's house, this is true, but it's actually my grandson who keeps it in his bedroom. He's just started grade 12 and is saving money for college (wants to be a veteranarian).
So every time I go there to update the HD, I give him a few dollars for rent of a corner in his desk drawer. He also has a part-time job and saves every penny he earns there.
I don't know the exact amount he has saved so far, but it must be a good chunk of change since grade 7 when he started talking about his future. He's a straight-A student, so we love to help him where we can - and make it fun doing so!

PS - drifting off-topic now, so I won't react to this thread any further.

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

rmalarz wrote:

Back Blaze ( https://www.backblaze.com/ )

They are reasonably priced, no per day upload limits, and continually monitor and report on hard drive performance.
--Bob

I agree. No limit on number of hard drives loaded

Bill P

I depend on outboard hard drives for storage. Why? Go outside, today is a cloudy day, no hint of blue in the sky, just grey. Then tomorrow, it's all gone, all blue. That's what can happen to cloud storage.

And don't get your panties in a wad, it has happened.

sbohne

Bill P wrote:

I depend on outboard hard drives for storage. Why? Go outside, today is a cloudy day, no hint of blue in the sky, just grey. Then tomorrow, it's all gone, all blue. That's what can happen to cloud storage.

And don't get your panties in a wad, it has happened.

Plus I think it kills birds and causes cancer.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Bill P wrote:

I depend on outboard hard drives for storage. Why? Go outside, today is a cloudy day, no hint of blue in the sky, just grey. Then tomorrow, it's all gone, all blue. That's what can happen to cloud storage.

And don't get your panties in a wad, it has happened.

Post an example of a major cloud provider going belly up without notice - if you can.

sbohne

I cannot remember the names of the two I had that went belly up in the early 2000s. One gave 15 days notice, but the other one was simply...GONE! I used them as a redundant source for amazon cloud

Landscaper Loc: Bloomfield, NM

I have used Pcloud for years and am very pleased. They offer some lifetime plans which are especially economical.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

sbohne wrote:

I cannot remember the names of the two I had that went belly up in the early 2000s. One gave 15 days notice, but the other one was simply...GONE! I used them as a redundant source for amazon cloud

In early 2000, half the tech companies in the world went belly up (as they should have) - you should have stuck with Amazon 😸. So, no MAJOR cloud provider has ever gone belly up, with or without notice. Of the 2nd/3rd tier providers, Nirvanix terminated their cloud services about 6 years ago, BUT they gave their customers 8 weeks notice. I was working for a Global file system provider at the time, and we had plenty of time to migrate our Nirvanix customers to Major providers such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft. If you believe Wiki, there are 277 current cloud providers. Of those, I would recommend maybe 6, including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM and HP. What do you think is the possibility of one of those going under without notice? On the other hand, if you choose Joe’s cloud service or some other start up from the 277, you’re on your own, the same as you would be with any other start up producer of any other product or service.

BTW, you DO have a local backup don’t you? So even if your mom and pop cloud DR provider goes belly up, you’re OK, aren’t you?

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

TriX wrote:

Post an example of a major cloud provider going belly up without notice - if you can.

Although not a backup service, Google+ was a cloud service for image sharing and it disappeared recently.

Any provider can fall victim to the vagaries of the economy.

texaseve Loc: TX, NC and NH

I like CrashPlan.