web storage

umm

i need web storage...

like i need a place that can store about 100GB, any kind of file. GDrive hasn't happened yet, i don't think. someone please tell me what to do.

my thinking is that this would be the safer way to protect against data loss, cuz it's like, always there. if this is incorrect i would rather know now than later.

Depends on what kind of data it is and how much access you're going to need. Is it really web data? Or is this just stuff you don't want to lose that doesn't have to be on the internet?

In the second case I wouldn't want to know how long the upload + at least one download just to be sure is going to take (and cost).

RAID/SAN/NAS/extensive backups = where I'd go if I had that amount of (personal/local network) data. It's not going to be free, though. But then 100Gb of free, eternal web space doesn't exist either, I bet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage_area_network + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_library

ok, so you're saying it's more feasible to just get an external hard drive, because upload/download times will be too unwieldy?

(yes my case is the 2nd case)

Indeed!

thanks!

dropbox rules this, great OS integration easy to use, good online access, loads of space for free.

You can get paid subscriptions for any amount you need. Although 100GB seems an awful awful lot to want to put on the web.

I mentioned SAN and tape robots because, OK, those would be quite ridiculous for only 100 Gb, but they're modular and you'd be able to expand to terabytes and more when you'd need them.

On the other hand: I remember when I bought a 20 Mb hard disk for my first PC and people laughed: "you'll never fill that up!" - your 100Gb will be on a USB stick in a couple of years :-)

100GB is $19.99 a month. If you just want backup then an external hard drive is fine, a RAID 1 array is even better.

100GB is $20 where, at dropbox? i'll be uploading music files, about 300MB a pop. do you think this would be too unwieldy to do online, as stan says?

what the fuck is RAID 1 array?

RAID 1 is two mirrored disks in one box so if one fails you still have the data.

$20per month is at dropbox. Uploading, what sort of internet connection do you have, it'll be slow, but doable on cable, ADSL will be tortuous.

You can test the free service and see if it is feasible.The nice thing about it is that it integrates as a folder within the OS and you can stop/start transfers, set transfer speed, set permissions for sharing and the like.

thx so much ed

y'all are good to a neophyte

um guys:

you can soon upload any file type at all to Google Docs, not just the dozen or so Office formats that the service allowed as of yesterday. Video files. Images. Audio Files. Even Zip files. As long as those files are 250 MB or smaller, you’re good. The new feature will roll out over the next several weeks, says Google.

Like other documents in Google docs, files can be kept private, made public or shared with a few users. Google Viewer can be used to view many file types, with the notable exception of video.

Regular users have 1 GB of free storage and can purchase more for $0.25/GB. Enterprise customer pay higher prices, starting at $17/year for 5 GB. There are no bandwidth charges.,

just found out my job gives me a free gig of online storage as a benefit