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Online Storage Solutions for Home Users?

Posted by Cliff on from the replacing-tape-with-bandwidth dept.

A not-so-anonymous Anonymous Coward asks: "Like many Slashdot readers, I have accumulated a lot of data over the years. Emails, documents, 'media' etc. Although I try to keep up with backups, I still feel I need some other place where I could dump my data without worrying about hard drive crashes and other problems. Googling reveals that there is a whole slew of online storage providers. But most are around $10 a month with a couple of gigs of space. So what does Slashdot recommend for sites that offer plenty of storage and fit the budget of a poor home user?"

4 of 33 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Get an external hardrive by Asgard · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That's why you pipe the tarball through gpg before storing it.

  2. WebDAV compatible by stonebeat.org · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Make sure the online storage space provider that you choose, supports WebDAV . WebDAV will allow you to map these online storage space as drive letters on your Windows, or as mount points on your OS X/Linux.

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  3. FlashBackup by AlexA · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Check out FlashBackup. They offer 5GB of storage for only $10/mo, which is one of the cheapest deals I've found, and they support FTP, WebDAV and web-based transfers.

  4. Online backup by jvagner · · Score: 4, Interesting

    These people:

    http://www.tranxactglobal.com/ ..charge $0.50/gb. Pretty great.