Cloud Storage (Page 2): I have a multitude of images (both RAW and JPEG) categorized by topic. i.e. Route 66 (RAW and JPEG) Buildings (RAW and JPEG) etc etc that I want to send to the...

PMM PHOTOGRAPHY Loc: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

I have a multitude of images (both RAW and JPEG) categorized by topic. i.e. Route 66 (RAW and JPEG) Buildings (RAW and JPEG) etc etc that I want to send to the cloud

I want to send the total file, not pieces

PMM PHOTOGRAPHY Loc: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Are you able to send total files to Amazon?
I have my images categorized by topic. i.e Route 66 (JPEG and RAW) Buildings (JPEG and RAW) etc etc

Are you able to send the entire file or must you break each file apart and send individual images?

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

PMM PHOTOGRAPHY wrote:

I have a multitude of images (both RAW and JPEG) categorized by topic. i.e. Route 66 (RAW and JPEG) Buildings (RAW and JPEG) etc etc that I want to send to the cloud

I want to send the total file, not pieces

A file is ONE image

A directory or folder is multiple files

Most backup software allows selecting folders or individual files with no trouble

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

PMM PHOTOGRAPHY wrote:

Are you able to send total files to Amazon?
I have my images categorized by topic. i.e Route 66 (JPEG and RAW) Buildings (JPEG and RAW) etc etc

Are you able to send the entire file or must you break each file apart and send individual images?

Amazon’s backup software will allow single file or complete folder backups, as will most backup software

It sounds to me that you are confused as to what a file is versus what a folder or directory is

A file is a single image or document, but a folder or directory may be thousands of files or documents

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Dngallagher wrote:

A file is ONE image

A directory or folder is multiple files

Most backup software allows selecting folders or individual files with no trouble

Files (images) are never broken into pieces of files (as in not the complete file), WHOLE files are backed up or transferred, not partial.
Partial DIRECTORIES (FOLDERS) may be transferred though. (Not all of the files in a folder.)
It depends on how the backup is set up.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

rmalarz wrote:

BackBlaze. https://www.backblaze.com/
--Bob

If I were going to use a cloud service, it would be BackBlaze. As for easy, that doesn't matter. Once you learn how to use it or establish automatic backup, any system is easy.

jonfrei

srt101fan wrote:

I am looking for a cloud backup service and have r... (show quote)

I think one point of confusion here is that Backblaze is a cloud-based *backup* service — NOT cloud-based *storage*. To directly answer @srt101fan’s question, Backblaze will allow you to restore individual files. At the basic level, they maintain a 30 day version history. 1 year and unlimited version histories are available (for an additional fee, of course). When doing a restore, you have the option of downloading the files (free), or having the files express shipped to you on a thumb drive or hard drive — fees vary depending on media, and are refunded when you return the media.

As someone who has used Backblaze for several years now, I absolutely recommend it. Their agent installs simply and just works. Restores are painless (other than the pure bandwidth issues), the software stays out of your way unless it detects a problem (like the drive I accidentally unplugged and it reported missing).

For storage — or — for the ability to access files from any device, I use both DropBox and iCloud, but not generally for my images.

jonfrei

PMM PHOTOGRAPHY wrote:

I have a multitude of images (both RAW and JPEG) categorized by topic. i.e. Route 66 (RAW and JPEG) Buildings (RAW and JPEG) etc etc that I want to send to the cloud

I want to send the total file, not pieces

Backblaze will grab everything (not just your images). And it backs each file up discreetly.

You seem to be aksing for something that does an “image” backup (please note - there is a huge difference between a “backup image” and the backup of an image (picture) file) — an image based backup gives you all or nothing — but you really don’t want that. You WANT the ability to go into the backup and say “give me *that* file (and *only* that file)” - not “restore my entire system to the way it was when it was backed up” (which would overwrite any new work you had done).

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

jonfrei wrote:

Backblaze will grab everything (not just your imag... (show quote)

Careful, you're going to confuse some people. You are referring to a "disk image" (exact copy) of a disk, not a photographic image...
Some "photographic image" backup programs ONLY look for those, .JPG, .JPEG, .TIFF, etc. and don't back up documents or other files.
Good backup systems (program) allow selection and working with individual files.

Cloud backups are not intended to be used a "working storage".
(I'd never use the cloud for working storage.)

srt101fan

jonfrei wrote:

I think one point of confusion here is that Backbl... (show quote)

Thanks; I'll make the jump to Backblaze one of these days.....

Basil Loc: New Mexico

rmalarz wrote:

BackBlaze. https://www.backblaze.com/
--Bob

Another vote for Backblaze. I'm a subscriber to KelbyOne and Scott recommended it (or at least mentioned that's what he uses). I signed up for it to backup, not only my main computer, but external drives as well. I've not have any issues and the backups are encrypted. Mind you, I use this for "backup" storage only. For "Cloud" storge that I readily access remotely, I have a Western Digital 8TB MyCloud Mirror (Uses two drives in a RAID configuration for 4TB effective storage).

FreddB Loc: PA - Delaware County

Backblaze for cloud backup, and CarbonCopy on external drive for additional storage.

Fredrick Loc: Former NYC, now San Francisco Bay Area

PMM PHOTOGRAPHY wrote:

Looking for feedback regarding photo storage on the cloud
Specifically, what system do you judge the easiest to utilize for the purpose of storing JPEG and RAW images

I’ve used Carbonite for ten years now. Gives me total piece of mind. When I was working and on vacation I discovered I was able to access ALL my PC files on my iPhone, which helped me out with a work crisis on more than one occasion.

I did have a system hard drive crash a few years back, and bought a new PC. I restored all my files from Carbonite. It did take four days to restore from the cloud! I would recommend you use Cloud storage as a last resort, but always have a local backup for all your programs and data. If needed, you can restore programs and files in a fraction of the time that you can from the cloud.

I personally use Acronis true image 2020. It also allows me the clone entire drives, which has been a godsend to me.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Fredrick wrote:

I’ve used Carbonite for ten years now. Gives me to... (show quote)

Cloud backups are for disaster recovery, local backups are for quick/simple restores.
An active (dynamic) cloud backup allows retrieval of any files that may not have been recently backed up locally.

Basil Loc: New Mexico

For anyone who may be interested...I highly recommend Scott Kelby's class on SLIM (his Simplified Lightroom Image Management system). He talks about cloud backup. I'm a paid member, but he is now offering a free membership with some classes (paid memberships have access to thousands of great classes). (No affiliation with Kelby - just a happy member)
https://kelbyone.com/free