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I have about 1TB of files right now, and I expect that to grow by 0.5TB every year.
My goal is to
* use a service for the next 50 years
* lose none of my files
* be able to add to my files every day
* be able to access any of my files any time
Which service would you recommend?
The ones I know of: [Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, iCloud, S3]
I'm not really tied to a platform. I have a Mac, a PC, and a Google account.
Right now I use Dropbox, fwiw.
Haven't used it, but seems to fit your use case: http://aws.amazon.com/de/glacier/
EDIT: It's Glacier I haven't heard of, not Amazon.
Haven't used it, but seems to fit your use case: http://aws.amazon.com/de/glacier/
Seeing as I haven't heard of it, it doesn't seem to meet my criteria of being popular enough to be likely to be around in 50 years. EDIT: It's Glacier I haven't heard of, not Amazon.
For the former, I'd recommend using Amazon's Glacier or Google's Nearline storage.
If you intend to retrieve your files often, Nearline will do better as the costs are lower and retrieval is faster. You'll likely want to wait until it's out of beta first though, which might take a while.
If you don't intend to retrieve them often, Amazon's Glacier might be a good choice.
There are also services like CrashPlan and Backblaze that are definitely worth looking into. They're definitely easier to use and CrashPlan at least gives you the option to encrypt.
For the latter use case, I'd recommend Google Drive. You can get a ton of storage through Apps for Work Unlimited and there's very little chance of it disappearing in the near future with Google's apparent goal of moving all your data into their cloud.
Haven't used it, but seems to fit your use case: http://aws.amazon.com/de/glacier/
Seeing as I haven't heard of it, it doesn't seem to meet my criteria of being popular enough to be likely to be around in 50 years. EDIT: It's Glacier I haven't heard of, not Amazon.
In any case, I think the criteria of "I haven't heard of it" is a little strict, given you've made an open question asking for advice on what to use...you should be open to the possibility that there are people here with expertise who know of things that you haven't heard of. For example, you don't seem to have heard of Amazon S3, which Dropbox is based off of. Amazon is also the company behind Glacier, and while Amazon is far from being a sure bet of lasting 50 years, it's a good as bet as any company.
Haven't used it, but seems to fit your use case: http://aws.amazon.com/de/glacier/
Seeing as I haven't heard of it, it doesn't seem to meet my criteria of being popular enough to be likely to be around in 50 years. EDIT: It's Glacier I haven't heard of, not Amazon.
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Seeing as I haven't heard of it, it doesn't seem to meet my criteria of being popular enough to be likely to be around in 50 years. EDIT: It's Glacier I haven't heard of, not Amazon.
Dropbox (which you have heard of) is built on top of Amazon S3. Glacier is a sibling product to S3 and similiarly unlikely to disappear.
Haven't used it, but seems to fit your use case: http://aws.amazon.com/de/glacier/
Seeing as I haven't heard of it, it doesn't seem to meet my criteria of being popular enough to be likely to be around in 50 years. EDIT: It's Glacier I haven't heard of, not Amazon.
I don't think you can guarantee 50 years, regardless of number of services used.
But you'll have plenty of time to offload them before any of these big names shut down.
Also, I'd guess this is your best bet for > 50 years.
Haven't used it, but seems to fit your use case: http://aws.amazon.com/de/glacier/
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