Ask HN: What cloud solution do you use to backup your photos and videos? I have terabytes of Photos and Videos and would like to store all of them without sacrificing on resolution. Google provides free storage, but limits resolution to 16MP and videos to 1080p. What do you guys use? |
In January 2017, the last time I logged into either interface, both of them were still accessible and surfaced the same content [4], but I don't know if the two products are going to evolve separately in the future. Using a solid alternate client like rclone, I'm able to sync up my current photos to Amazon Drive on a schedule.
This is a good solution for photos especially if you're already paying for Amazon Prime, but does not address video. I'm experimenting with Backblaze's B2 as one of the least expensive object storage providers, but after doing some napkin math it may be cheapest of them all to get Backblaze's unlimited backup service for $5/month (= $60/year), which then solves both my document and media backup issue in one integrated go, as opposed to having to piecemeal from comparably- or more expensively priced cloud storage vendors and have to devise and maintain separate backup strategies for each.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12398303#12407606 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12398303#12407606 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13321503#13322296 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13321503#13322631
I stick with a backup drive.
I do have Amazon Prime, but they only do photos. I needed all files