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SnoopZ

13-03-2016 12:35

Free cloud storage recommendation?

I am looking for some FREE cloud storage for photos, it needs to have 500GB+ storage.

The 2 i have seen so far are Google Photos which is unlimited but is restricted on resolution and Flickr which has 1TB free storage but unsure whether resolution is restricted.

Are there any others someone could recommend?

Kymmy

13-03-2016 12:38

Re: Free cloud storage recommendation?

SnoopZ beat me to it as I was going to ask nearly the same question.

I'm looking for cheap decent cloud storage which I can easily sync in folders for data I don't want to lose.

techguyone

13-03-2016 13:42

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Far as flickr goes, try this: http://mashable.com/2013/05/20/flick.../#ydGz37_lbEq9

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Which Flickr Pro Features are Now Available for Free?
The biggest advantage of Flickr Pro was that more than 200 photos were viewable in a photostream, users could only upload 100MB of photos a week and photos were not displayed in full resolution.

With the new Flickr, free users now get 1TB of photo uploads, and the maximum photo size is now 200MB (it was 10MB for free users before). What's more, all users can create collections, post to up to 60 group pools and limit the maximum image size available to others.

Free users can also upload full HD videos up to 1GB each, with playback of three minutes.

v0id	13-03-2016 14:29

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There's unlimited photo storage IF you have Amazon Prime?

ianch99

13-03-2016 14:40

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I would be suspicous of what the T&C's are for free storage especially for the amount in question. Do you still have copyright ownership for any pictures for example. Other questions re: security, business model, how long the company be be around for, bulk file download for retrieval, client platform availibility, etc. also need to be asked ..

The Office 365 subscription offers a good deal as a solution for this problem. If you use Office on your devices that the value is increased. For a family of 4 or 5, Office 365 Home at ~£60 per year is pretty good value ..

Ken W

13-03-2016 19:01

Re: Free cloud storage recommendation?

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 35826692)

The problem is if your internet is down you cannot get access to your files which is why I keep all file locally in three places.

SnoopZ

13-03-2016 19:05

Re: Free cloud storage recommendation?

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Originally Posted by Ken W (Post 35826797)

The problem is if your internet is down you cannot get access to your files which is why I keep all file locally in three places.

If your house burns down or you get robbed then your plan goes pear shaped, this is what i am trying to avoid, the internet being down is very minor and hardly ever happens.

Kymmy

13-03-2016 19:09

Re: Free cloud storage recommendation?

Quote:

Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 35826799)

If your house burns down or you get robbed then your plan goes pear shaped, this is what i am trying to avoid, the internet being down is very minor and hardly every happens.

:tu:

Yep, same here.

SnoopZ

13-03-2016 19:26

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Has anyone tried Amazon Cloud Drive, it costs $11.99 a year for unlimited photos, are there any file size restrictions?

https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/pr..._lm_navpricing

Ken W

13-03-2016 19:30

Re: Free cloud storage recommendation?

Quote:

Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 35826799)

If your house burns down or you get robbed then your plan goes pear shaped, this is what i am trying to avoid, the internet being down is very minor and hardly ever happens.

Yes if all of your backups are in your house which is why one of my backups are held else ware.

Kymmy

13-03-2016 19:30

Re: Free cloud storage recommendation?

I know that part of thier web services (AWS) they do online storage where you get charged monthly for space used and transferred but didn't know they did a fixed price package. Any idea if you get a choice of data centres like their AWS?

AbyssUnderground

18-03-2016 12:09

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I use a storage box from Hetzner for my photo backups (and any other files).

https://www.hetzner.de/hosting/produ...-produktmatrix

Few quid a month for a 500GB box and you can upgrade/downgrade too. Accessible over FTP, SMB, etc so quite versatile.

I'm not affiliated with them I just use their product and recommend it :)

SnoopZ

03-04-2016 23:18

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I have so far ended up using Flickrs free 1TB storage for my photos and it keeps them the same resolution as the original unlike Google photos and pretty pleased with it so far.

As for Amazon's unlimited storage for $11.99 the best the UK site offer is 1TB for £320 a year or unlimited if you subscribe to Amazon Prime.

Hugh	04-04-2016 08:55

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 35830761)

Thanks for pointing out the Amazon Prime photo storage - I have 37GB of photos backed up to MS OneDrive, but another site is always useful (I am a Prime customer, and also back my photos up to a removable drive).

SnoopZ

24-10-2016 10:10

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35830771)

So now Amazon Prime UK has unlimited photo storage i am using that, the desktop app is very easy to use in uploading the photos but there doesn't seem to be an option to specify a folder or drive to automatically upload if a photo is dropped there, does this option exist?

Qtx	25-10-2016 23:16

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What happens once you stop paying for Amazon Prime? Can you still access the photo's?

You can install a a popular gallery app form the Android Play store called QuickPic, which gives you a few GB of free storage but after inviting a single friend, it gets upgraded to 1 TB of free space.

It uses CM cloud, which I think is run by Cyanogenmod.

If I remember correctly, the QuickPic app lets you see Flickr, google drive and similar services pictures right inside the app, along with your local pictures.

techguyone

26-10-2016 10:36

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I looked at this, but reviews like this:

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Uninstall this app immediately QuickPic used to be a friendly and easy-to-use photo gallery. It was never flashy, but clear communications and frequent updates saw it steadily grow a well-sized user base. It was bought by Cheetah Mobile last year. The company immediately started uploading users’ data to their own servers, as evidenced by one Google Plus user who found a raft of new DNS requests that were attributable to the app.

put me off.

SnoopZ

26-10-2016 10:51

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Originally Posted by Qtx (Post 35865728)

I hope they don't delete them, just stop my access as the FAQ isn't very clear, i have over 100gbs of photos so i will likely keep the sub going but also look at doing another backup on Flickr as well as 2 local backups on different drives but all this takes time.

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