where and how do you maintain your footage safely?

Hari

i have around 10TB of footage where can i store it safely for the next 5years, i don't want to lose them at any cost. (recommend me budget options 😛)

i am planning to go with google drive or AWS glacier storage. i do have 6 TB NAS (raid configured 6x2 = 6TB raid storage)

Ben Cousins

Hari i am planning to go with google drive or AWS glacier storage.

Glacier isn't designed for instant access, just so you know.

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Katos

Personally I backup to Onedrive (business subscription for Creators wave)
Also use Backblaze, and have an external hard drive that is replicated also.

I should really do a write-up of this some day…

Katos

Moved to support as this is not a photography contest - this is more general support for backup solutions

Hari

Katos i misread it as "content"

Katos

Hari no worries at all. Do you want more info RE backup to OneDrive // Backblaze etc? 😄

Hari

Katos [Login to see the link] is really cheap when comparing with all other providers we have decided to go with local storage to avoid bandwidth charges.

Ben Cousins That is a really interesting article, thanks for letting me know about this.

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Katos

Just realised I need to enable “best answer” for these sort of support requests. Thanks for the reminder there [Login to see the link] !

Hari

Katos finally! i found a free way to store my stuff. i have decided to go with google workspace for education. they are offering 100TB free forever, one of my friend's clients runs a edu institution. today we have initiated the process and the workspace team will approve the application in 1-2 days. so now I have 100TB Gdrive 😛

the best answer is not working 😃

Katos

Hari wicked! Glad you found a realistic solution. Best answer is not yet enabled - scheduled for the update and maintenance window this weekend 😄

Ben Cousins

Hari i have decided to go with google workspace for education. they are offering 100TB free forever, one of my friend's clients runs a edu institution.

Ooooh bad idea. If they find out you're running things on your friend's Google Drive account and that you're not entitled to it as you're not part of the education sector, then the account will be terminated. Breach of Terms of Service.

Katos

Hari Best answer now enabled (and set for this discussion)

Hari

Ben Cousins they never gonna know, let me try and tell you after a year 🙄 (thinking)

Katos

Ben Cousins very true; just takes the one slip-up or report and that’s the entire account terminated

Ben Cousins

Hari All they'd need to do is audit the account.

And they do audit accounts.

Katos

Ben Cousins very true. Especially when there’s a very obvious IP change, for example

Hari

ok,i will go with GoPro unlimited storage 🙄

Katos

Hari GoPro? I’ll be honest, didn’t think they offered a storage solution

Hari

Katos yes, check their website they offer gopro cloud access with gopro plus subscription