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Old 02-19-2010, 05:22 PM
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Just wondering what everyone uses to back up images..

I know of Flickr for $29.00 a year for unlimited..

is this worth it - any bad vibs from them?

or what else is there..

Just need a place to back up images
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Old 02-19-2010, 05:36 PM
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I use flickr just to show my pictures and so I don't have to use my website's bandwidth.. I think's its worth the money... but as for backing up my photos, I keep everything on an external harddrive.
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Depends on what you consider cheap...

I use Mozy home, it's unlimited for $5 a month (that's $60 a year)- about the cost of a 500 gig hard drive, but the peace of mind of it being in a well-protected redundant server somewhere is worth it for me. I also back up locally to a USB hard drive.
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Old 02-19-2010, 08:40 PM
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I use Flickr for showing photos and keeping some just in case. I keep the ones I don't want to show private. And while it'd probably be a pain in the butt to re-download them, they do partner with Qoop who will do a CD of all your images for a price.
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I use Flikr, but mainly for downloading to sites like this .For storage ...an external hard drive, they have come down in price. However you must devise a method of finding your pictures from the drive...there are several, other wise you have lots of pictures but no way to find the ones you want...but you know this!
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I use Flickr for but need to get an external hard drive. I'm lacking in the redundancy department. That's what I see as important, putting my eggs in one basket scares me.

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