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Best Online Web Storage?

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  • 30-05-2008 10:12am
    #1
    DFS UTD
    Registered Users Posts: 184 ✭✭


    Hi,
    I'm interested in storing all my files on the web.

    What /who is the best
    What are the Pro's and con's

    Is there a limit to the amount of space

    thanks


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    Jimbo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭Jimbo


    Do you mean as a backup?

    Carbonite are pretty good. They charge $50/year for unlimited storage. The user interface is very good also.

    It wouldn't be suitable for anything other than a backup though


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    tanora78
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    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 81,709 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    For just a few critical documents (product keys etc) I go with gmail.

    For the $50 a year you will want to be backing up a lot of data, frequently. Otherwise you may as well burn to a DVD or purchase an external hard drive. In terms of Memory/Cost ratio, hard drives are by far the cheapest media.

    Medium size file storage (say 1/2gb for your work files) thats a good question. And would seem to merit an online server.


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    Nerin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,523 ✭✭✭✭Nerin


    i use mediafire.
    havent had any problems but i suppose you need something bigger thats free


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    Macers
    Registered Users Posts: 512 ✭✭✭Macers


    DFS UTD wrote: »
    Hi,
    I'm interested in storing all my files on the web.

    What /who is the best
    What are the Pro's and con's

    Is there a limit to the amount of space

    thanks

    www.humyo.com

    25gb free - never let me down...ever.


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    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,911 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    jimbo78 wrote: »
    Do you mean as a backup?

    Carbonite are pretty good. They charge $50/year for unlimited storage. The user interface is very good also.

    It wouldn't be suitable for anything other than a backup though


    +1 for Carbonite

    I use them to backup photos.


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    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    http://www.jungledisk.com/

    Unlimited bandwidth/storage space, pay for what you use, uses Amazon datacentres, replicates your files across datacentres in different continents, etc.


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    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users Posts: 7,988 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    Havent tried it myself but I've heard good things about Windows Skydrive. 5GB online storage for free but you can't upload any file bigger than 50MB which is pretty crap


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    Ponster
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    CuLT wrote: »
    http://www.jungledisk.com/

    Unlimited bandwidth/storage space, pay for what you use, uses Amazon datacentres, replicates your files across datacentres in different continents, etc.


    Haven't tried them but only limit I see if a 5gb max file-size. Seems fine besides that.


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    Sir Oxman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,492 ✭✭✭Sir Oxman


    Overheal wrote: »
    For just a few critical documents (product keys etc) I go with gmail.

    For the $50 a year you will want to be backing up a lot of data, frequently. Otherwise you may as well burn to a DVD or purchase an external hard drive. In terms of Memory/Cost ratio, hard drives are by far the cheapest media.

    Medium size file storage (say 1/2gb for your work files) thats a good question. And would seem to merit an online server.


    mozy provides a free 2gb account, pretty good and solid reviews.

    Mozy Unlimited for one desktop is 4.95$ p/month unlimited - however if you reinstall your OS on the mozy backed up PC (unless you do a restore from an image which includes their client software), their servers will not recognise your new install as the same computer and you won't be able to restore your backed up files. (!)


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