Online Video Storage

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Online Video Storage

Can anyone provide me with a recommendation for online data storage? I am accumulating a lot of HD video. I have a 1 TB hard drive that they are backed up on, but I'd like to have a secondary backup as well.

I looked into Mozy, which looked good, but it would only back up the files if the drive is connected. I'd like to take it off and store it in a fire-proof box. Thus, having both it and the online version available in case anything happened.

So I'm looking for online storage, not backup. I don't import new video often, so I can just manually add new files to both as I need to.

24" iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Jun 24, 2010 11:46 AM

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macbig

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Jun 24, 2010 12:19 PM in response to BacktoMacChad

Take a look at this site: http://tomuse.com/ultimate-review-list-of-best-free-online-storage-and-backup-ap plication-services/

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den.thed

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Jun 24, 2010 4:45 PM in response to BacktoMacChad

Hi BtMC

Instead of paying for some monthly service, why not just invest in another External HD and keep one handy and the other in the safe?

Dennis

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varjak paw

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Jun 25, 2010 9:34 AM in response to BacktoMacChad

Just a note: a fireproof safe may not be temperature-proof. Most "fireproof" safes will still get to internal temperatures sufficient to damage or destroy the data on a hard drive. So check your safe's temperature rating before you use it to store any hard drive. Make sure it's rated for magnetic media, which according to UL standards would be a maximum of 125ºF (paper-rated safes allow 350º). Otherwise there's no point in locking up your drive other than for theft protection.

Regards.

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Jun 25, 2010 12:57 PM in response to varjak paw

Yeah, I'm not confident that the drive would survive a fire in the box either. That's also why I'm concerned about just buying another external drive and storing it there as well. I would then have to store one off-site somewhere.

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varjak paw

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Jun 25, 2010 2:19 PM in response to BacktoMacChad

HD video gets pretty big and so would require quite a bit of time to upload to an off-site storage service unless you have a really big upload pipe. It might be more cost and time effective for you to just get a second hard drive, duplicate your backups of your videos on that, and store it off site somewhere, perhaps in a safe-deposit box. That might be most practical if indeed you don't need to access that drive often to update it.

Regards.

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