Online storage

[herkey]

Looking for a good online storage... so i can access my pics from home as well as work..
Whats a good site??:confused:

[ricklepage]

Hi Herkey,

Welcome to the Village!

There are way too many online storage options to detail here. It might be best to elaborate a bit further on what you mean by 'accessing'; do you want to have access to your entire photo library from the Web? (Unless you only have a few hundred images, that might be a tall or expensive order.) Or are you talking more about sharing photos?

Photoshop Elements 7 has a backup/synchronization feature that lets you store up to 2GB of photos on Photoshop.com. You can buy a yearly subscription that will let you store a lot more photos there, but the basic 2GB service is free, so you might want to check that out.

Places like Snapfish and Shutterfly let you store photos, but they're more for sharing with friends and family.

I just have a small, inexpensive portable hard drive that I store my current 'working' sets on, and keep that with me at home, on the road and at work (it gets backed up to other drives at home). Over the years, I've found that approach to be the best one for me, but maybe some of the people using online places for storage can chime in with their experiences.

Best,
Rick

[Wendy]

Hi Herkey ..

... and welcome to the Village :)

I too external hard drives to store my images ... they have become a whole lot cheaper over the last couple of years and using them works well for me.

Wendy

[jeffrisk]

you can use box.net. I am using it. that is a best site for online storage. You can also share your files and photos on it. it can helpful to you.
thanks

[baycruisers]

You can set up a free, 25GB account on skydrive.live.com, which is owned/run by Microsoft. They recently added an upload client which makes uploading more convenient.

[dj_paige]

Hi Herkey ..

... and welcome to the Village :)

I too external hard drives to store my images ... they have become a whole lot cheaper over the last couple of years and using them works well for me.

Wendy

The only problem with external drives is that they do not provide you with backup in case of fire or flood. Which is why some people use both EHDs and online storage.

[ricklepage]

The only problem with external drives is that they do not provide you with backup in case of fire or flood. Which is why some people use both EHDs and online storage.

That's a good point. A bunch of friends of mine rotate offsite backups and get together once a week to swap drives - that way they've always got one at home and one somewhere else. In the case of extreme weather hazards/disasters, it might not be 100% safe, but you can only plan so far on a budget.

I just store on of my external backup hard drives at the office; as Wendy says, storage is so cheap these days that it's definitely within reach.

My problem with online storage is more that I've got way too much data. ;)

Rick

[Wendy]

Hi Paige ...

Thats a good point ... where I am flood isn't a issue but I guess that I should consider the fire risk.

Wendy :)

[baycruisers]

Hi Paige ...

Thats a good point ... where I am flood isn't a issue but I guess that I should consider the fire risk.

Wendy :)

This discussion reminds me...

When I was writing my dissertation back in 1979-80 the prevailing wisdom among students was to store a typed copy of the draft and data in the freezer in one's apartment. The assumption was that a fire would not incinerate it. Fortunately, as far as I know that theory was never tested.

[Wendy]

Oh Mario ...

That did make me laugh !! :)

Wendy