Second of all, make sure to do a lot of research on cloud technology. You should absolutely keep a copy on offsite hard drive(s) in case of robbery/fire/cloud failure. Just want to throw my two cents in, since I asked a similar question recently and have similar concerns.įirst of all, depending on the sensitivity of your files, I don't think online cloud storage should be your primary form of off-site backup. Of note, here's a recent Macworld article about online photo backups that talks about some of these alternatives. Crashplan will be the easiest, because it uploads in the background, but most of the others will be a pain. It'll take a while (likely months) to back up 200gb with any of these services. It gives you the flexibility you want, is still in active development (there are questions about how Flickr is being treated at Yahoo), and is cheap. Smugmug has a Lightroom plugin that makes it (somewhat) easy to upload directly from Lightroom. If you don't back up your main machine, my recommendation is to get Backblaze and back up two birds with one stone. I use that to take care of my main machine and my photos, which are stored externally. I use Picasa and Lightroom to manage my photos, if that helps posted by petah to Computers & Internet (20 answers total) 10 users marked this as a favoriteīest answer: What do you use for your normal online backup, if anything? Backblaze will back up external hard discs in addition to your main drive, all for about $60/year. I guess the real question is, what do other people here use with similar sized collections to back up their photos? What's the best way for me to flexibly back up 200GB of photos? What's a nice mix of convenience and security? I'm not opposed to spending money, but I'm also not willing to spend $200/yr.

However a potential drawback I see with Smugmug is that it may not be as user-friendly/possible to back up 200GB. Whereas with Smugmug, it appears I can upload everything into albums, which means I can access the photos themselves without having to 'restore the backup' or go through any hoops.

By flexibility I mean with Crashplan, I'm putting my files into a lockbox, and if something catastrophic happens I can grab a carbon copy of my files. I'd also like to retain an element of flexibility.

Smugmug: $5/mo or $40/yr for unlimited storageĬrashplan: $5/mo or $49.99/yr for unlimited storage I've researched my options and come up with the following: (I looked through past threads and the vast majority appear to focus on either general document backup, or involve backing up locally) I've got 200GB of photos I'd like to back up online somewhere.

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