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Elfontheedge · 05/02/2012 09:33

Any recommendations for good online file storage? Cheap as possible, even free. Don't really know where to start.

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MrsShrekTheThird · 05/02/2012 09:45

DH (Aka The Geek) was rambling on telling me about this last night. When he stops snoring / gets woken up by the dcs I'll ask him and report back Grin as he appears to know quite a bit.

aJumpedUpPantryBoy · 05/02/2012 09:47

Dropbox is good. You get some free storage or you can upgrade if you need extra.

aJumpedUpPantryBoy · 05/02/2012 09:49

Just checked- 2gb of free space.
You can also set up shared folders which can be useful. There's an iPhone app as well.

tribpot · 05/02/2012 09:52

A friend of mine recommended Backblaze to me - she's in the UK so paying in GBP isn't an issue.

With Google Docs you get 1GB of free storage for mostly officey-type files if that's what you're wanting to store. There's also iCloud (not just for Macs) and Dropbox - comparison article here.

Elfontheedge · 05/02/2012 10:13

It'll be mostly for photos and Photoshop pics with a few office type docs thrown in if that makes a difference.

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tribpot · 05/02/2012 10:21

Is it for commercial purposes rather than home? I'm just wondering how critical it would be to be able to get at the photos 24*7.

Elfontheedge · 05/02/2012 11:11

Oh no it's mostly really for back up storage on our pc although cross platform would be a nice to have as I Lso have an iPhone.

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garlicfrother · 06/02/2012 15:28

Google would be your friend, then. Upload your photos to Picasa, docs to Google docs and use your Gmail storage (7gb!!)

I email stuff to myself, then Google helpfully keeps it on their servers :)

garlicfrother · 06/02/2012 15:37

Soory, link

tribpot · 06/02/2012 15:49

I'm not sure I'd keep photos in the Cloud, just because the file sizes are so huge. Dunno, I think I'd be tempted to keep good (but not mega) quality pics online and back up the jumbo files locally - on the offchance I want to blow one of them up to 'decorate side of house' size :) But yes, another recommendation for Picasa, a great photo management program.

BsshBossh · 06/02/2012 21:12

I use Dropbox, with Google Docs for backup.

I tend to use Flickr for my photos.

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