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  • spl33nidoru-2

    Thinking more and more about uploading all my hard drives to dropbox. 10To worth, work and research essentially, tons of documentaries and rare films/books gathered over 20 years that I'm glad to have when I need to look into specific topics.

    Pros :
    - no more lugging 6 WD Passports around between 3 cities
    - everything accessible everywhere from every device
    - no fear of HDs dying
    - haven't really had a steady base in the last 4 years so have already cut down on material things a lot and gone as digital as possible despite loving paper.

    Cons :
    - cost is $600/year, not awful but more than buying HDs + would have to be a long term commitment as I probably won't want to have to download all that stuff back into HDs later on
    - might not feel the need to access those files as much when they require downloading
    - I do get overwhelmed by the amount of content I store + amount of content already available out there, often feels pointless.

    Anyone's gone that route yet ?

    • Funny, I've spent the weekend moving old backup HDs onto newer backup HDs.webazoot
    • I prefer having my own back ups rather than cloud/online services but if you are moving around alot I can see the attraction.webazoot
    • Delete everything and start with a clean slatedrgs
    • ^ ha, I do often think that HDs crashing could be a blessingspl33nidoru
    • Spend $600 on a couple new drives instead. Will last many years. Only use Dropbox for temp storage when you travel. You don’t NEED it allmonospaced
    • Been using Dropbox a lot in the lockdown for sharing stuff. Not for work stuff, just books and comics.PhanLo
    • ^ yep - if its archival (data that only needs accessed once or twice a year) cloud services can be as low as $1/pm per TB - Dropbox the opposite.kingsteven
    • This may work for 90% of your data... https://aws.amazon.c… - Dropbox for the restkingsteven

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