james45974 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 For all of you backing up files on Amazon Cloud there is apparently a change coming: https://hothardware.com/news/amazon-kills-unlimited-cloud-storage-option Jim Link to comment
mansr Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Pricing is unchanged up to 1TB. For larger amounts it gets progressively more expensive. Even so, it's one of the cheaper options around. FWIW, the "unlimited" plans are still offered in Europe, but it's probably just a matter of time before they're withdrawn there too. Link to comment
Popular Post Jud Posted June 9, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2017 My response shall be brief: F**k. Mike Pinkerton and christopher3393 2 One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
mansr Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 It's still one of the cheapest offers. Link to comment
jhwalker Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 55 minutes ago, Jud said: My response shall be brief: F**k. Same here I'm at just less than 10TB, but I had a "free with Prime" offer, so I'll go from effectively free to several hundred dollars / year John Walker - IT Executive Headphone - SonicTransporter i9 running Roon Server > Netgear Orbi > Blue Jeans Cable Ethernet > mRendu Roon endpoint > Topping D90 > Topping A90d > Dan Clark Expanse / HiFiMan H6SE v2 / HiFiman Arya Stealth Home Theater / Music -SonicTransporter i9 running Roon Server > Netgear Orbi > Blue Jeans Cable HDMI > Denon X3700h > Anthem Amp for front channels > Revel F208-based 5.2.4 Atmos speaker system Link to comment
plissken Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Shit. I have 8 TB stored with them. Luckily I just renewed less than a month ago so I'm good for a bit. I have the Amazon Cloud client on my NAS. So what goes there goes to Amazon also. I love this tidbit about M$ OneDrive: "“A small number of users backed up numerous PCs and stored entire movie collections and DVR recordings,” said the OneDrive team in November 2015. “In some instances, this exceeded 75 TB per user or 14,000 times the average. Instead of focusing on extreme backup scenarios, we want to remain focused on delivering high-value productivity and collaboration experiences that benefit the majority of OneDrive users.” What the hell did they think people were going to do with UNLIMITED storage? I know someone had to of pointed this out in the planning meetings what unlimited means and what people are going to naturally do and they go ahead and offer those plans anyways? Link to comment
Jud Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 5 hours ago, plissken said: What the hell did they think people were going to do with UNLIMITED storage? Use it, and then, as pointed out at the same meetings, they'd be really reluctant to stop when you began charging. Amazon still has the same thing for photos, but they're probably reluctant to start wiping thousands of records of poor dear dead Grandma quite yet, and they don't want to drive people back to Walmart to get all their pics printed, either. We'll see how long that lasts. I have an idea though.... One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Jud Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Some folks already do a thing where they give a backup drive to a friend, so if something happens at their house the friend still has the spare. Meanwhile probably the most secure remote storage you can get is an open source thing called tarsnap, done by a former Canadian Math Olympian and FreeBSD Security Officer. But it uses Amazon's AWS servers, so for our use case it's not cheap. I'd love to see someone come up with a combination of something like BitTorrent and tarsnap, a highly secure remote storage that would let everyone in the "storage network" distribute their music storage among hundreds or thousands of "nodes," i.e., personally owned drives. The Computer Audiophile 1 One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Backups are best kept in a geographic location outside the range of whatever natural disaster you are worried about (or theft). If you live in or near a forest, that mean forest fires. If you live near a volcano that means lahars, ash, explosion, and earthquake. If you live in a floodplain... I am not fond of online backups for a number of reason (including hacking, failure of the server farm or internet links, etc.). You've probably heard that you should keep a will in a bank box, so stick an outboard hard-drive in there too and do it every year. Choose the bank location based on paragraph one. Link to comment
jhwalker Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 18 hours ago, jhwalker said: Same here I'm at just less than 10TB, but I had a "free with Prime" offer, so I'll go from effectively free to several hundred dollars / year Just checked my account - I would be going from $0 to $480 / year. Really hating this - along with CrashPlan (a reasonable $120 / year for unlimited storage) and local NAS, Amazon Cloud was one leg of my backup plan John Walker - IT Executive Headphone - SonicTransporter i9 running Roon Server > Netgear Orbi > Blue Jeans Cable Ethernet > mRendu Roon endpoint > Topping D90 > Topping A90d > Dan Clark Expanse / HiFiMan H6SE v2 / HiFiman Arya Stealth Home Theater / Music -SonicTransporter i9 running Roon Server > Netgear Orbi > Blue Jeans Cable HDMI > Denon X3700h > Anthem Amp for front channels > Revel F208-based 5.2.4 Atmos speaker system Link to comment
Foggie Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Just rename all your files to have the extension .jpg Jud 1 My rig Link to comment
Jud Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 29 minutes ago, Foggie said: Just rename all your files to have the extension .jpg Think they'll catch on? One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
jtwrace Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 I'm laughing cuz I'm not surprised one bit. Glad I made other arrangements years ago and saved hundreds of dollars. W10 NUC i7 (Gen 10) > Roon (Audiolense FIR) > Motu UltraLite mk5 > (4) Hypex NCore NC502MP > JBL M2 Master Reference +4 subs Watch my Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXMw_bZWBMtRWNJQfTJ38kA/videos Link to comment
Jud Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 4 minutes ago, jtwrace said: I'm laughing cuz I'm not surprised one bit. Glad I made other arrangements years ago and saved hundreds of dollars. Good, what are the winning Powerball numbers? One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
jtwrace Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Just now, Jud said: Good, what are the winning Powerball numbers? Just got them yesterday...you will find out tonight! Jud 1 W10 NUC i7 (Gen 10) > Roon (Audiolense FIR) > Motu UltraLite mk5 > (4) Hypex NCore NC502MP > JBL M2 Master Reference +4 subs Watch my Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXMw_bZWBMtRWNJQfTJ38kA/videos Link to comment
sedest Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 https://www.quicksprout.com/2012/08/06/do-business-like-a-drug-dealer/ Link to comment
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