Are you able to host images on the Prime cloud storage for use on forums ect?
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Are you able to host images on the Prime cloud storage for use on forums ect?
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I already have Prime but I want to backup more than images and if I'm going to have to get a service to backup other data I'd rather my images were stored alongside those so that everything is in one place.
I'm a big fan of v1.3.4, but it doesn't support Google Drive's latest authentication method. v2 doesn't feel ready for prime time.
https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/pricing?ref_=cd_home_navpricing is worth considering - 60 USD per year for unlimited.
Don't think so but I just use imgur for that anyway as I use Amazon for simply backing up my entire catalog and don't need img links for everything.
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I guess v2 being a little green at the moment goes without saying - It's currently only at preview release stage!
So on the basis of v1.3.4 would you say Arq is still worth the $40 above it? Or perhaps you would go with Duplicati? It seems v1.3.4 does not include all metadata which is a shame (so it's not a 100% backup) but maybe not a deal breaker. I've emailed Arq to see how they stand on that. I know the Mac version restores all metadata but it does not explicitly say the same of the Windows version.
Now that is a really interesting proposition and one I've seen mentioned before. But the same page on the UK (rather than US) version (either browse to it from the Amazon homepage or just changed .com to .co.uk) does not offer that and in fact the UK has many more bands none of which are as good value. Have you experience of that unlimited plan? If so, is it possible to purchase with a standard Amazon UK account (if so odd you have to purchase it from the American site and they do not offer it on the UK one) or do you have to create/use a US account? It's not really an issue and I have a card which does not charge extra for foreign transactions...
Do you have experience of Google Cloud Storage Nearline? I still think it looks a great, albeit complicatedly priced, option.
EDIT: Just logged in via the US 'unlimited' link to my UK account and it just forwards me to the Amazon Cloud page where I have my 5GB storage (and unlimited photographs as a Prime member). If I click on 'Change Plan' I only have access to the options on the UK site... I'm not sure if it's possible to get the unlimited plan other than perhaps creating a (seperate) US accounts but even then with a UK card I'm not sure if it'd again limit the plan options...
EDIT 2: See here: https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/62604/get-one-year-of-unlimited-amazon-cloud-drive-storage-for-just-5
A few guys in the comments who managed (presumably before Amazon managed to fix the UK accounts loophole) to make the unlimited purchase but it never actually activated and they eventually received an email telling them the order could not be fulfilled and instead they were offered 1 year of 100GB for free instead. I'll keep hunting to see if I can find a way to get hold of it but it does not look simple!
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1.3.4 will be fine if it suits your needs. You just won't be able to use any of the modern cloud providers. 1.3.4 is compatible with Hetzner Storage Box.
I have a UK Amazon account and I'm offered the unlimited plan when I visit the .com version of Amazon Cloud Drive. ACD is very fast and responsive in terms of throughput and API. I think I had to clear my Amazon cookies before the .com site would offer the unlimited product.
Re Google Cloud Storage Nearline, no, but it's competitively priced. Just mind the deletion fees. Arq + Nearline is a good combination.
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Thanks - I'll check out Hetzner. It seems to be more expensive than Google Drive at 100GB (which is the plan I'd need) but it has better granularity and becomes cheaper than Google Drive as storage increases. Definitely one to think about - Duplicati + Hetzner might be a good option!
I've just tried again on multiple PCs with cookies cleared and when I log in (on US) I get forwarded directly to my Drive (on UK). The only way to change the plan is via the settings (by which point I'm in the UK and only get the UK options). I imagine this is because I already have a plan (due to Prime). I'm sure if I opened another account only for this it would work but I don't want to do this - I've read all sorts of horror stories of accounts being closed by Amazon when users have multiple accounts and that is not a good situation to be in when the data is your backup. Additionally, Amazon are clearly trying to prevent UK users making that purchase (certainly not assisting it) and so it's not too much of a stretch to consider they'd object if they found out. I don't think the ACD is the one for me.
Arq + Nearline looks great (but still actually not as good as unlimited plans - such as the dismissed ACD ones! - once storage requirements increase). I'm also not sure how the deletion charges will work with Arq thinning option (which I'd want to use) which "saves the hourly backups for the past 24 hours, daily backups for the past month, and weekly backups until the amount of data stored at the destination reaches the budget you've set". If I understand this correctly the hourly backups will be dropped after 24 hours. If this means data deletion from Nearline that component of the cost would begin to be significant. I'll reach out to Arq if it looks likely I'll go down that route...
Just be careful that any "photo storage" provider is not compressing your photos if you want the originals.
I'm a big fan of Google Photos, but i dislike the fact that they compress them. So i store the raws on Box, Dropbox and OneDrive, and then upload a copy to Google Photos. If i need to download a raw, then i grab it from one of the three.
I'm a big fan of Google Photos, but i dislike the fact that they compress them. So i store the raws on Box, Dropbox and OneDrive, and then upload a copy to Google Photos. If i need to download a raw, then i grab it from one of the three.
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Thanks for the advice. Should not be a problem if I use Arq/Duplicati but if I use anything else I'll make sure to check that out before I commit to that as my backup solution!