IanDavidson Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Can anyone recommend a good cloud backup. I have been using carbonite for about three years but found out to my surprise (and I guess it is my fault) if you delete a file from your computer the cloud backup will only hold the file for fourteen days! The entire idea of having a cloud back up was so that I could delete files from my computer to free up space and keep the deleted photos in the cloud. Fortunately, I also back up to a 5Tb Seagate backup plus drive (although their backup software is appalling bad) so I have not lost anything important. Can anyone recommend cloud storage that operates a proper archive system and an external backup drive that works well in a busy photojournalist environment where I can take several thousand raw files in a busy month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Limb Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Have a look at Back Blaze ... works great for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanDavidson Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 Matt, thank you for this recommendation but it appears to do the same thing as carbonite. If you delete a file on your computer it is only held on the cloud for thirty days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Limb Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 But that is back up ... a replica of your working drive or that is my take on it and has been for years I refer as archive the ability to store secure files I may, or may not, need in the future that is not every day working files. Have a look at the google drive, which I use for this function ... acts like an external drive on the desktop and provided you set up correctly my understanding is it retains all files. Hope that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 I upload to Amazon Prime Photos. Not only do I have storage, but free shipping, videos and music. Can't beat it. And you can upload RAWs. Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starsphinx Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Jill Morgan said: I upload to Amazon Prime Photos. Not only do I have storage, but free shipping, videos and music. Can't beat it. And you can upload RAWs. Jill Yep me too - admittedly their user interface is horrible and it is not unusual for me to use bad language when trying to get it to do what I want (I have on earlier occasions ended up with 3 copies of some images and totally lost other ones) but its a huge amount of space with lots of nice extras with the shipping etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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