Unlimited Cloud Storage

Brumboy · 27 Sep 2015 at 23:35

Hello,

I'm looking for a reliable unlimited cloud storage solution. There are a lot around and I have no idea which one to choose from.

Has anyone ever tried:

LiveDrive
JustCloud
ZipCloud

These are the main ones I can find but I was wondering if anyone has any other ideas?

Cheers,

Ross

KIA · 28 Sep 2015 at 17:09

Amazon Cloud Drive. Use the US site.

https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/home

Brumboy · 28 Sep 2015 at 23:45

Would that still work for me?

It mentions a lot about photos but can I store other files too?

thewanted · 28 Sep 2015 at 23:53

KIA said:
Amazon Cloud Drive. Use the US site.

https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/home

Are the upload speeds as good as Google Drive and Dropbox?

Brumboy · 29 Sep 2015 at 00:04

After reading it does accept any file.

I read that Office 365 offers unlimited cloud storage too but I can't find much information about how to get that offer when getting a 1 year subscription.

Anyone know how to get that offer?

But Amazon Cloud Drive is so cheap..and I trust Amazon so I'll probably go with that unless Office 365 is better of course.

Everytime I click to sign up through the US site it takes me straight to the UK one!?

thewanted · 29 Sep 2015 at 00:33

Rossuk89 said:
After reading it does accept any file.

I read that Office 365 offers unlimited cloud storage too but I can't find much information about how to get that offer when getting a 1 year subscription.

Anyone know how to get that offer?

But Amazon Cloud Drive is so cheap..and I trust Amazon so I'll probably go with that unless Office 365 is better of course.

Everytime I click to sign up through the US site it takes me straight to the UK one!?

OneDrive had really slow upload speeds when I tested it 6 months ago. If you have a Microsoft account already, you should have 15GB of free OneDrive storage which you can test with. I urge you to do so before spending any money.

Brumboy · 29 Sep 2015 at 02:33

thewanted said:
OneDrive had really slow upload speeds when I tested it 6 months ago. If you have a Microsoft account already, you should have 15GB of free OneDrive storage which you can test with. I urge you to do so before spending any money.

Yeah a few people have been saying the same things.

I am going to be uploading a lot of video files (ranging from a few hundred MB to a few GB per file) so upload speed is important.

Anyone know more about being able to use the US Amazon Cloud Drive?

thenewoc · 29 Sep 2015 at 04:59

Unless the backup client allows you to set your own encryption key and it uses European data centres then I wouldn't use. Crashplan is worth a look but I don't know if you can select data centre or if that is applied automatically and whether it's guaranteed to match your location.

Brumboy · 29 Sep 2015 at 12:56

Are you talking about www.code42.com/crashplan?

Because there is a UK Crashplan but I think that's aimed at business users

KIA · 29 Sep 2015 at 13:33

thewanted said:
Are the upload speeds as good as Google Drive and Dropbox?

120Mb/s or 15MB/s is the max I've seen.

Rossuk89 said:
Everytime I click to sign up through the US site it takes me straight to the UK one!?

That's strange. Clear any Amazon cookies before you click the free trial button.

thewanted · 29 Sep 2015 at 13:49

KIA said:
120Mb/s or 15MB/s is the max I've seen.

That's a lot better than OneDrive!

thenewoc · 29 Sep 2015 at 14:34

Rossuk89 said:
Are you talking about www.code42.com/crashplan?

Because there is a UK Crashplan but I think that's aimed at business users

Yep that's them. They do a home plan but I don't know if their sign up process allows choice of or guarantees the locale of where you'd be backed up to. I know they have European data centres but how this works is a bit vague from what I could see on their web site.

KIA · 30 Sep 2015 at 11:28

thenewoc said:
I know they have European data centres but how this works is a bit vague from what I could see on their web site.

US only, AFAIK.

thenewoc · 30 Sep 2015 at 14:48

KIA said:
US only, AFAIK.

According to this they do have European data centres but I think OP would have to email them to get clarification as to whether he would be allocated space on one or whether that is just pot luck.

http://www.storagenewsletter.com/ru...ned-second-european-data-center-in-amsterdam/

Brumboy · 30 Sep 2015 at 15:34

Yeah I'm not too sure about going with Amazon since it's US based.

Anyone have any personal experience with Crashplan?

thenewoc · 30 Sep 2015 at 17:16

Rossuk89 said:
Yeah I'm not too sure about going with Amazon since it's US based.

Anyone have any personal experience with Crashplan?

I've used it on the free version to do local backups which can be done to an external drive or another PC either in your home or someone's that you know. My brother uses the cloud facility and he's a complete technophobe and I'd know if he was having problems with but after it was set up with pointing it at the directories he wants backed up it just runs in the background. It took quite a while to do the initial backup, I mean a week or so but after that it only backs up the files which have changed and keeps version history so you can restore an older version which might be useful if you don't want to keep various versions of files locally. It's not the cheapest but it has one of the best client applications that I've seen with the choice of your own encryption key and the option to also automate backup to other locations. If you don't need it straight away it might be worth holding on until black Friday as they have been known to do a good offer in the past.

somewhatdamaged · 1 Oct 2015 at 21:03

Over 3TB on my Squirrelsave account (Memset UK)

Maxes my upload speed (10MB) when restoring. Unlimited storage for £5 a month

SFTP access if you need it, and a decent client as well

Tried most online storage providers from Livedrive to Mozy, this is the only one i've stuck with

Good luck.