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Re: Ask HN: Where do you store your photos?

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Post by jmathai »

OafTobark wrote: post #9

Flickr and Amazon Glacier. Currently looking for a third cloud option (although not trying hard).

We've been considering an S3+Glacier combination for Trovebox. We're not consumer facing (pricing starts at $29/month[1]) but we're also open source[2].

Currently in the middle of a contract negotiation and if it goes through we'll build out support for seamlessly storing high res photos in Glacier and low res photos in S3.

At the moment we support S3 and Dropbox for storage as well as our own offering (default).

[1] https://trovebox.com/plans

[2] https://github.com/photo

Re: Ask HN: Where do you store your photos?

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Post by jmathai »

Right now my photos are stored in Trovebox into my personal S3 bucket. I have a script that mirrors down to my local NAS (photo file + meta data from API).

My videos are stored in BitCasa's Infinite Drive and a copy is also on my local NAS.

Disclaimer: Work @ Trovebox

Re: Ask HN: Where do you store your photos?

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Post by jmathai »

jsilence wrote: post #10
jgamman wrote: post #3

HDD + time machine + 2x yearly DVD (one stored offsite at sisters). photos are all we have from years of life - friends don't let friends @#$#@ around with back ups.

While I agree with your general approach, I have to slightly disagree with your statement that photos are all we have from our life. For my own part, I'm preferring savouring the moment over taking a picture. I have experienced lovely moments, being in nature with friends, experiencing a stunning sunset, when the moment was ruined by some who were more occupied taking selfies with "we're so awsome!" faces. I prefer m…

My perspective on photos changed after having kids.

I'm doing everything I can to make sure that they will be able to see what their life was like growing up.

I literally feel like an archivist at times. I go through a lot of trouble to document and preserve their life so they have something to look back on.

1) Photos and videos ... I have a local and cloud copy of them all [1].

2) Notes I send via email to addresses currently hosted on GMail but at an email address at my domain (looking for a better solution in terms of ownership on this)

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7062209

Re: Ask HN: Where do you store your photos?

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Post by jmathai »

mburst wrote: post #4

Facebook. If you really don't want others to see your photos you could make a separate Facebook account just for uploading photos. If super high res is something you care about I think Google+ offers slightly better than Facebook. Anything I want super backed up I just upload to Google Drive.

If you're seriously interested in keeping your photos around for a long time (20+ years) you really ought to think about using a more resilient service and having local backups.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you store your photos?

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Post by jsilence »

jmathai wrote: post #13
jsilence wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I agree with your general approach, I have to slightly disagree with your statement that photos are all we have from our life. For my own part, I'm preferring savouring the moment over taking a picture. I have experienced lovely moments, being in nature with friends, experiencing a stunning sunset, when the moment was ruined by some who were more occupied taking selfies with "we're so awsome!" faces. I prefer m…

My perspective on photos changed after having kids. I'm doing everything I can to make sure that they will be able to see what their life was like growing up. I literally feel like an archivist at times. I go through a lot of trouble to document and preserve their life so they have something to look back on. 1) Photos and videos ... I have a local and cloud copy of them all [1]. 2) Notes I send via email to addresses…

Yes, total agreement that the situation is different with kids. Still I'd recommend to enjoy the moment and then take a picture afterwards. And then go through the pictures with your kids when they are older and able to understand and tell the story. The picture in itself of course has an intrinsic value, but it is the story of the shared moment that counts.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you store your photos?

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Post by grumps »

jgamman wrote: post #3

HDD + time machine + 2x yearly DVD (one stored offsite at sisters). photos are all we have from years of life - friends don't let friends @#$#@ around with back ups.

I've personally seen rot from junky DVDs. I'm pretty sure the that the actual data isn't redundantly stored on a DVD. On CDs data is stored better, because you're going to hear the difference if a small block of data is missing vs watching it. Similar evidence has been stated before, and be sure to read the pdf in the last paragraph. [1]

[1] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2012/feb/23/as...

Re: Ask HN: Where do you store your photos?

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Post by js7 »

I use dropbox which I am happy with but I'd love more free space. I like that the app has a passcode on it. I also use G+ backup which honestly freaks me out a little bit. I know they upload private but I check quite often to make sure that they are infact private

Re: Ask HN: Where do you store your photos?

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Post by js7 »

jsilence wrote: post #10
jgamman wrote: post #3

HDD + time machine + 2x yearly DVD (one stored offsite at sisters). photos are all we have from years of life - friends don't let friends @#$#@ around with back ups.

While I agree with your general approach, I have to slightly disagree with your statement that photos are all we have from our life. For my own part, I'm preferring savouring the moment over taking a picture. I have experienced lovely moments, being in nature with friends, experiencing a stunning sunset, when the moment was ruined by some who were more occupied taking selfies with "we're so awsome!" faces. I prefer m…

I never understand your first opinion. You can take photos AND enjoy the moment. Your memory is still the same - now you just have an awesome photo as well.
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