The digital age in which we live, has its drawbacks. We do not have pictures of paper albumche and have Facebook, disks, memory cards, network servers, all sorts of flash drives and cloud services that have been uploaded to our memories.
As a photographer, this is my living nightmare. Although open and crazy paranoid measures they take to store your photos in front of me is always the dread that something has happened and the pictures are gone.
Believe scenarios such catastrophe are many - from burned hard drives (I've seen) to damaged DVD-'s (I've seen), broken sticks (I've seen it more than once), and why not "popular" force majeure such as theft or fire.
So here are a few tips that will help you to store your photos by budget we have.
"If you can do it with no money, because I'm lazy ..."
In this version everything is on your home computer. When reinstalling the computer or replace with new, everything is transferred in the hope that the photos will always be there.
Since my sick just thinking about this option will not write long for it, but ... at least upload all your photos on Facebook.
MEDIA: Computer (Hard Disk)
Price: 0 lev
Rating: 0 out of 5 * (50/50 - or any time you lose your photos or not ...)
"Alright, you scared me, now give me something cheap or for free"
DVD recordings remain one of the cheapest and most secure options for storing files and photos. While it will gradually disappear (like disks) when well preserved, DVD-th a theoretical life of ten years.
Coupled with the copy on your home computer, this option will give you some form of security.
MEDIA: Computer (Hard Disk) & DVD
PRICE: 10 lev for spindle DVD-R/DVD + R from corner booth ... until they are gone.
Rating: 2 out of 5 *
"Clouds and drives"
Fortunately (or not), the Internet is already full of cloud services. Depending on the size of the archive of your photos, you can use any of the popular Dropbox / Cuby / Google Drive / iCloud services, but only for an additional storage option to Option 1.
Although everything in the cloud is archived regularly and apply the latest technology for data storage, which we can hardly recreate at home for cloud services is always a risk of hacking the account, the loss of access to the account, or change in circumstances of use.
But as an additional option to the DVD, it is a relatively safe option to keep your precious files.
Media: Hard Disk & DVD & Cloud
PRICE: 10 lev for a DVD disc mass cloud services offer free data volume, and then pay for the additional volume of data.
Rating: 4 out of 5 *
"I really care ..." (Expert)
In this variant have a computer, home file server - NAS (or external drive), DVD-and so, of course, professional cloud service. In other words - if you accidentally asteroid "Apophis" hit your attic, destroy your computer and network server, and you are of the house where you keep and DVD-th with the pictures, but unfortunately they were eaten by mice, it will still be able To restore the photos by the cloud service.
Media: Hard Disk & DVD & Web server or an external Hard Disk & paid Cloud service
PRICE: $ 5-100 + Months
Rating: 5 out of 5 *
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