I just noticed that they provide storage for supposedly unlimited scanned and digital photos. Has anyone used Amazon for this? How is your experience?
Amazon cloud storage for photos
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Subscribed. My wife needs this for her 30k+ phone images.
Ex photobucket user here, so my take on this is very different. That company locked all our photos down, and tried to extort money from fellow subscribers like myself to get them back. Those scanned images are still there. After that experience I would never trust strangers to hold my photos, especially a company like Amazon.
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Could you clarify? Did you cancel your subscription to Amazon Prime? How did they try to extort money from you?
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Has anyone had any experience using the Amazon Prime service and what are your opinions? How does this service compare to dedicated cloud storage services you're familiar with? Download time? Upload time? Have you stored data files there too?
I’ve fiddled with a few of them: Amazon, Google, Dropbox, and few that are no longer around. Now I use iCloud where I have 3 terabytes of storage and it works seamlessly from my various Apple devices. I even have access to it with my Windows 10 machine. I am not sure of the price because my son, an Apple engineer, pays for it. ;-). And, yes, I can and do store data files there.
Some of the cloud storage in the past provided "free storage" but were taking ownership of all images for marketing purposes. "We store your photographs and sell them at our profit, not yours."
"Cloud Storage" still equals "someone else's computer". They have more resources, so economy of scale applies, but should Amazon decide in the future that your photos are now worth $1 each, or you can't access them any longer, your chances of getting your photos back are slim.
This is what happened with PhotoBucket that momus referred to-- they decided their free service was too valuable, so it became not-free.
It's OK as storage, but don't make it your only storage.
This is what happened with PhotoBucket that momus referred to-- they decided their free service was too valuable, so it became not-free.
It's OK as storage, but don't make it your only storage.
Or have the storage on separate and multiple hard drives. I cannot be bothered with that so I stick to film.
Which has it's own storage issues. Especially if your house is being tented.
Storage is non-trivial, because it scales poorly, regardless of medium. I have a NAS with two parity drives, and half a dozen storage drives. A nightly batch job runs that makes sure there's no bitrot for approximately 10% of my stored data-- so over the course of a month, my data is verified about 3 times.
But that won't protect against fire or flood.
Which has it's own storage issues. Especially if your house is being tented.
Storage is non-trivial, because it scales poorly, regardless of medium. I have a NAS with two parity drives, and half a dozen storage drives. A nightly batch job runs that makes sure there's no bitrot for approximately 10% of my stored data-- so over the course of a month, my data is verified about 3 times.
But that won't protect against fire or flood.
Tenting will not have an effect on storage. Natural disasters can, sometimes.
I have Amazon prime and use their photo storage. I have all the photos on my computer and use Amazon as a backup.. Since I have a Prime subscription already the photo backup is an added bonus. It works well enough. I also order prints from them from time to time as they aren't bad and fairly cheap. It is a nice service considering I don't pay for it. I would have a Prime membership regardless of the photo storage. I consider it as a good backup. The large majority of my photos are negative scans so overall I am not that worried as the negatives are more important. One of the things I like the most is that I can upload from my computer, then the scans are available through the Amazon photos app on my phone. I can also add that I bought a subscription for my uploaded Mp3 collection that was from my massive CD collection years ago. I had as an estimate about 1000 CDs. I was terrified of losing the uploads as it took forever. I used a subscriptions service through Amazon for cloud storage for Mp3s. They ended this service some years ago. When they discontinued the service, I was given continued cloud storage for what was already uploaded and access to the music for free but lost the ability to upload more. When I switched to digital music I choose Amazon since the didn't have DRM and Apple did at the time. I still have access to all my music I uploaded through Amazon. I have had no issues with the photo storage and have had a decent experience overall with Amazon cloud services.
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Do you use Amazon for cloud storage of data files? Can you encrypt them?
I use a service called Carbonite that backs up my computer hard drive every night. I can access those files remotely but I don't know if there is a way to share files. This service was well worth it when I had a hard drive crash a few years ago, I was able to recover everything.
I also use google drive to share files of photos with family and friends. It works great but I don't use it for everyday storage because of the time for uploading and downloading. It's easier to work with files directly on my computer.
I also use google drive to share files of photos with family and friends. It works great but I don't use it for everyday storage because of the time for uploading and downloading. It's easier to work with files directly on my computer.
As I recall, the Amazon Prime photo storage ecosystem did not allow for keywording, and was therefore a non-starter for me.
I haven’t checked in some time, so perhaps that is no longer true.
I haven’t checked in some time, so perhaps that is no longer true.
No, I haven't. Data files may require something different and probably a different plan from Amazon. I am not even sure if that is something they offer anymore. I know they did at one point but I am only aware of there photo and video cloud storage now. If you have a google account I believe they offer a bit of free data storage, I do not know about encryption. I just did a cursory look at some data storage options a while ago with enough to back of personal files on my computer but have never had any need for encryption.
I can add that Amazon does have some pattern recognition software that runs in Amazon photos. It knows that I like to take pictures of trees. And it also seems to save some of the EXIF data from digital pictures. It seems that it has some search functions but I don't use search much. I tend to just scroll through until I find want I am looking for. It is nice to look at different pictures I have taken. Some I had forgotten about.
Don't feed papa bezos
Since you complained about time for upload/download in the last paragraph, can you describe your experience with time spent downloading all your backup data during the recovery?
I see no need to give them all my photographs.
apple storage is the best, and they won't sell your personal information
None of it matters. For years I lurk at the bus terminal before I drive and see you harp on digital for no reason but a chip on your shoulder. In the end none of it matters and all of your points are moot.
He’s like they guy who enters a forum on how to make a cup of coffee to tell us he doesn’t drink coffee.
Coffee is a necessity !
The recovery was with Carbonite, not Google drive. I had no problems with the recovery with Carbonite, it went smoothly. It’s been a while so I don’t remember how fast it was but it was a lot of files. I just let it run overnight.
I have always been advised not to use Amazon, too complicated
Since I already had Amazon Prime, I installed the app on my computer.
My primary backup is with Carbonite, and I also have an Adobe Cloud account.
My only complaint with Amazon Photo Backup is that it can be a CPU hog at times.
My primary backup is with Carbonite, and I also have an Adobe Cloud account.
My only complaint with Amazon Photo Backup is that it can be a CPU hog at times.
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