Amazon Glacier for Content Storage?

[rico suave]

Any opinions?
Better ideas?
Im looking for a low price storage option for the content that Ive purchased.
Rather than haul a bunch of HDDs around I would prefer to upload them to a place where they could be occasionally accessed.

I checked Dropbox, but its $500 a year for 500 GB, and regular Amazon S3 is even more expensive.

[shake]

box.com $15 / month for 1TB or Crashplan "unlimited" might be cheaper options for you.

[sandman!]

get a cheap $50 a month server with a 2tb hd in it and just upload and store everything there.

[alias]

You could always get a box at Secured with a 2 drive raid setup for a low price and still get good service. They are legit, owned by CCBill.

[rico suave]

Originally Posted by shake

box.com $15 / month for 1TB or Crashplan "unlimited" might be cheaper options for you.

Thanks for the tip -
Crashplan wont let me see pricing details from a non US IP address... Ill check it out with a VPN later.
and Box.com says $15 per month for 1 Tb per user, but their join page sets the user minimum a 3... :-) so really its $45 a month.

The problem with these systems it that once you choose a provider and upload your content its such a pain to switch that theyve really got you by the balls. Im hoping that I get a good one on the first try.

[MaDalton]

https://www.cubby.com/pricing/

beta pricing is $39.90 per month for 1 TB - and it has some cool features

[candyflip]

If you have a old spare box you could set up your own syncing cloud storage server accessible from anywhere.

http://owncloud.org

[candyflip]

I can see these services becoming a haven for pirates with such low prices to store 1TB worth of data.

[Grapesoda]

Originally Posted by sandman!

get a cheap $50 a month server with a 2tb hd in it and just upload and store everything there.

hmmmm .... some of my shoots are 35GB..... online storage? that's your answer?

[sandman!]

he was asking about online places to store content.

so i dont know wtf your talkin about

Originally Posted by Grapesoda

hmmmm .... some of my shoots are 35GB..... online storage? that's your answer?

[PornMD]

BitCasa is free unlimited storage - will start charging next year but only $10/mo.

[HomerSimpson]

- Amazon S3 - not dirtcheap but best possible quality service - http://amazon.com/s3/
- Cheap Dedicated Box with just FTP and 3TB drive - or couple of them - you can find them really cheap at hetzner-online.de or at leaswebs.com

Originally Posted by MaDalton

https://www.cubby.com/pricing/

beta pricing is $39.90 per month for 1 TB - and it has some cool features

looks good and cheap - how is their and software compared to dropbox.com?

Originally Posted by candyflip

If you have a old spare box you could set up your own syncing cloud storage server accessible from anywhere.

http://owncloud.org

also looks VERY good I must say!
could go well along with those cheap boxes in case you need web access to files too... (instead of just ftp)

[MaDalton]

Originally Posted by HomerSimpson

looks good and cheap - how is their and software compared to dropbox.com?

i have never tried Dropbox - and just started with Cubby. but since i use Logmein a lot and Cubby is from the same folks and more or less showed up in my account automatically i gave it a try ;)

[shake]

Originally Posted by rico suave

Thanks for the tip -
Crashplan wont let me see pricing details from a non US IP address... Ill check it out with a VPN later.
and Box.com says $15 per month for 1 Tb per user, but their join page sets the user minimum a 3... :-) so really its $45 a month.

The problem with these systems it that once you choose a provider and upload your content its such a pain to switch that theyve really got you by the balls. Im hoping that I get a good one on the first try.

That is true about being locked in, and they can always up the price on you too. You really might be better off using a dedicated server with the hard drive size you need.

[icymelon]

I have a pogoplug hooks up to your router and then you can plug in a few drives. I stream music from my phone when I'm driving. 2 TB drive $99. pogoplug $30.