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On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Roland Tarver <roland.tarver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Had some grief from my daughter today. I have a new computer and I >> transferred things like her bookmarks from the old one. But what about all >> her photos I was asked. >> >> I have copied her photos from backup storage on a DVD so that is OK. But it >> started me thinking. Would it be a good idea to suggest that she store her >> photos on line somewhere? This already happens with her emails since I use >> an IMAP system. >> >> Would that be a good idea? And if so, where would be a good place. This is >> purely for storage, she is not into photo sharing on line. It is just a way >> of making sure that if anything happens to this computer her photos are >> safe. > > The online services seem a bit limited:- > > Drop box is 2GB. > https://www.dropbox.com/help/14 > > Google docs is 1GB. > http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=37603 > > At least these are the limits before you start paying. > > Especially if the data you want to store does not change too often, > could you just keep an off-site back-up at a friends or family members > house? or even in the car? (depending on how close it is parked to > your house lol!!!). External hard disk? > > Or, if the changes are more frequent, perhaps a file server at a > friends/lug members!? house, which you can remotely access. Obviously > it would not always need to be powered-up, just when you wanted to > back something up. This might avoid the costs of online services > (although I have not determined these). I guess it depends on how much > data you are looking to store, how frequently and what the cost of > each option is likely to be. > > Also, if you have never done setup a remote file server before, > perhaps it would be a really good learning curve? As a novice, it > certainly would be for me. I think I might be talking myself into it! > lol. Of course, there might be security or other issues surrounding > this option that I am not aware of. Others will know better.... > > Best wishes > roly :-) > Also, I have no idea who pays for the lug site hosting or how it is arranged? But if the most expensive part of hosting a web site is getting a server on the net (rather than server disk space?) then perhaps an online storage area could be a benefit of being a lug member???? free? paid for? funds helping some how? roly :-) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq