Cloud Backup - Photo Library (Unlimited)

[rexehuk]

Hi guys,

I've been using JungleDisk for years, but have recently had somewhat of a revelation which I think has been mentioned before... but people don't seem aware of it as much as they should.

Upon exploring ways to backup my photo library, which currently stands at a small 80GB, many of the services seemed expensive for what is an additional cost... that is until I realised I'm already with a service, that that is Prime!

For anyone who has a prime account, you have unlimited photo storage (this includes RAWs) on the Rainforest Cloud Service (Not sure if I can say full name). Now if you're just using it for photos, and at £79 a year... it certainly is inline with other competitors, but when you add the additional benefits on you can save a hefty bit of cash by unifying services (music / movies / TV).

The only downside, is that the default app only allows drag/drop sync, not folder synchronization which is where oDrive comes in (which is free) - https://www.odrive.com/m/

I now have synced my Lightroom database, thumbnails and all my source RAWs to Amazon. You're allowed up to 5GB of "Non photo" storage free of charge, which more than covers any light room catalog you can dream up.

Hope someone finds this useful, as for me it saves me a good £60 a year by ditching JungleDisk, and if I switch spotify that's another £120 a year saved.

 

[AshD93]

I considered it as I also have a sub.

However I don't feel the need to have my RAWs backed up (I'm not a pro by any means). Instead I back up RAWs on my local network and keep the very latest RAWs on Drive (though they eventually get deleted).

And then I use Google Photos using the high resolution free option. Primarily because most people cannot tell the difference and I'm not selling them. Having the app and the ability to sync across devices, plus facial recognition and so on is mega useful for me


But I can see where it works for you. Its a strong solution for sure.

 

[Demon]

I used to use various photo backup services, but I justl prefer general backup solutions (My preference - Crashplan @ £40 per year for unlimited storage) which allow 'everything' to be backed up and can restore to any point in time.

I think £40 a year for everything backed up is reasonable VFM and worth the convenience for me..

But each to their own, I think at least backing things up on any level should be encouraged, I've had to restore quite a few crashed HDDs over the years and people just don't get the need for backup until it's too late, or they use a USB HDD that they forget to use until it's too late..