The downside of online photo hosting/cloud storage....

[Discus-n00b]

Agreed with the above. However I still will not trust cloud storage. Not yet. You play Russian roulette with an actual hard drive too....but I trust it more in my hands than someone else's. My next build will be a RAID system/media server for the house.

[rickztahone]

I see a lot of people that think they have backup redundancy because they have RAID - you need to consider a scenario where the house burns down or the place gets burgled and NAS stolen - you need both RAID (onsite) and cloud (or offsite) for import docs/photos etc in my view.

I actually keep 1 huge HD off site at my mothers house and bring it in every month to update it. It is a pain, but one I am willing to do for that "just in case" moment.

[warblad79]

I see a lot of people that think they have backup redundancy because they have RAID - you need to consider a scenario where the house burns down or the place gets burgled and NAS stolen - you need both RAID (onsite) and cloud (or offsite) for import docs/photos etc in my view.

I'm planning to buy a fire proof storage for backups, they have it at Costco like $300

[warblad79]

If you ever decided to save your data or backup to cloud storage make sure they're fully encrypted as highest as possible.

[brewmaster15]

I see a lot of people that think they have backup redundancy because they have RAID - you need to consider a scenario where the house burns down or the place gets burgled and NAS stolen - you need both RAID (onsite) and cloud (or offsite) for import docs/photos etc in my view.

Very valid..you could also duplicate your files on an external drive and leave it with family or a friend.

Drop box as a cloud alternative is very good as well .

Hth,al