Re: [Avid-L2] OT: Archiving in The Cloud

Like Mark, and perhaps for less data I use:

Backblaze for "cloud" backup. In case disaster strikes; e.g., fire or theft…and no access to the local offsite backup. But that's for stuff I'm working with and/or may need to refer to in the near future. But good and reliable so far.

https://www.backblaze.com/

I also work with people who use Amazon Glacier for longer-term archives. About $1 USD per terabyte per month. Not cheap. Not fast. But it's there.

https://aws.amazon.com/archive/

And of course iCloud and Google Drive for some small working files, but that's not archive.

Frankly, my concern is less data breach / hackers than a cloud host going out of business or "changing direction" and no longer offering the services I use. Which companies will be around in 5-10-more years, and which will still think of cloud storage as a business they want to be in?

Best,

Jim

On Mar 8, 2024, at 9:32 AM, Sol Fischler via groups.io <sol.fischler=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

Hi All --

A quick "off-topic" conversation:  how advisable/reliable would it be to archive my work (over 30 years worth) in the Cloud?

I have most of my stuff saved & mirrored across 2-5tb hard drives right now, but as they say, eventually, all hard drives fail.

Does the Cloud ever fail?  Will my stuff last "forever," or is there a shelf life even on the Cloud?

Side question:  those places that offer a lifetime of 10tb Cloud storage -- has anyone here ever taken advantage?

What are everyone's thoughts?

Thank you!

-- Sol

Re: [Avid-L2] OT: Archiving in The Cloud

Hi Sol,

I've been a faithful user and proselytizer of Backblaze for over a decade now. In its cheapest ($75/yr unlimited storage), it is not "cloud storage" per se. It is more like "cloud insurance". A slow archive that's mostly inaccessible except for when you need it and then small things can be easily restored from the web, and large things can be recovered with a physical drive mailed from the company.

I can say that it has never failed me, but it does require constant live archiving. In other words, whatever you intend to have live in the cloud archive needs to be live on your local system at least for a day every 30 days. So I hang my (like you) mirrored array on my Backblaze running desktop, and let the automatic extension upload anything it finds there to the archive. It is end-to-end secure and only accessible by me with 2FA. I trust it as my off-site archive and basically my data insurance. In the 11 years that I've had my archive, which has grown to about 6.5 TB, I've had zero downtime or other issues reported from Backblaze. That's not saying nothing bad could happen, but it's a decent track record so far.

Just my anecdotal experience, something to look into. I do not have any recommendations for other more accessible cloud storage solutions, but in my work I do use Amazon S3 which is much more costly and seems to be a little more accessible. I also use Google Drive which has a terrible interface but very useful for access and sharing files, and use GoodSync as a front end which works quite well integrating with the Drive space (treats it more like an FTP that you can push/pull stuff up and down easily). Those things just cost more for their convenience and level of access, but I would recommend looking at them as well.

On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 12:32 PM Sol Fischler via groups.io <sol.fischler=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

Hi All --

A quick "off-topic" conversation:  how advisable/reliable would it be to archive my work (over 30 years worth) in the Cloud?

I have most of my stuff saved & mirrored across 2-5tb hard drives right now, but as they say, eventually, all hard drives fail.

Does the Cloud ever fail?  Will my stuff last "forever," or is there a shelf life even on the Cloud?

Side question:  those places that offer a lifetime of 10tb Cloud storage -- has anyone here ever taken advantage?

What are everyone's thoughts?

Thank you!

-- Sol

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Re: [Avid-L2] OT: Archiving in The Cloud

Tough one.

The cloud will be there forever, but it might take your data as hostage, or a hacker might do that.

If you want to give your data away for free, go with it. Otherwise, be afraid. As always, if you don't pay, you're the product..

(And even if you pay you might be a product anyways.)

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On 8 Mar 2024, at 18:32, Sol Fischler via groups.io <sol.fischler=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

Hi All --

A quick "off-topic" conversation:  how advisable/reliable would it be to archive my work (over 30 years worth) in the Cloud?

I have most of my stuff saved & mirrored across 2-5tb hard drives right now, but as they say, eventually, all hard drives fail.

Does the Cloud ever fail?  Will my stuff last "forever," or is there a shelf life even on the Cloud?

Side question:  those places that offer a lifetime of 10tb Cloud storage -- has anyone here ever taken advantage?

What are everyone's thoughts?

Thank you!

-- Sol

[Avid-L2] OT: Archiving in The Cloud

Hi All --

A quick "off-topic" conversation:  how advisable/reliable would it be to archive my work (over 30 years worth) in the Cloud?

I have most of my stuff saved & mirrored across 2-5tb hard drives right now, but as they say, eventually, all hard drives fail.

Does the Cloud ever fail?  Will my stuff last "forever," or is there a shelf life even on the Cloud?

Side question:  those places that offer a lifetime of 10tb Cloud storage -- has anyone here ever taken advantage?

What are everyone's thoughts?

Thank you!

-- Sol

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