I use Dropbox.

Pros:

Best sync client around (supports LAN syncing between computers... yeah...)
Cost is good. I pay about $10 a month for 1TB of storage because I pay per year.
Good versioning support so if you accidentally delete / corrupt your files you can roll back.
Good client on Windows, OSX, and Linux (lol)

Cons:

All your stuff must be in the Dropbox folder, you can't add folders outside of dropbox for syncing without copying them and then symlinking. This can make preset syncing between computers a PITA.

EDIT:

Checked my bill and it was $100 upfront

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+1 for Dropbox, it's pretty seamless.

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Originally posted by tehlord +1 for Dropbox, it's pretty seamless.

It's quite pricey for just 50gb.

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An interesting video.

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Originally posted by TranceElevation It's quite pricey for just 50gb.

Its also the leader in cloud storage that has been around the longest with the most proven backend architecture (Amazon S3)

You can pretty much be sure that that video doesn't apply to them and they wont be pulling a "megaupload" either.

I dunno man, its your data but Dropbox is worth the $

Well Dropbox did lose customer data stored in their cloud a few months back due to some bug , but yeah. They're pretty much the standard for cloud storage.

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Originally posted by Storyteller Well Dropbox did lose customer data stored in their cloud a few months back due to some bug , but yeah. They're pretty much the standard for cloud storage.

Of course it goes without saying "don't put all your eggs in one basket"

You should have a local backup solution too.

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Originally posted by TranceElevation It's quite pricey for just 50gb.

I get 50GB free for a year or two (still don't know why) but the £8/month for 1TB seems like a pretty good deal to me as it offers more than just a space to store crap in.

For example, I'm doing a lot of collaborative work now and the ability to privately share a folder that automatically syncs up is very useful.

Saying that, I really didn't spend too much time looking for an alternative so YMMV a great deal.

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I use crashplan - very cheap, encryptable and does everything. It takes a while to get everything uploaded, but the incrementals are great - it has a service that runs in the background and checks on files that are changed, this has a decent memory footprint, but shouldn't be an issue if you are running 8gb+ of ram 9or you could schedule it)

http://www.code42.com/crashplan/

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If you want to consider the option of external HDs and memory sticks, they go for pretty cheap nowadays. This is what I use.

I have virtually everything backed up on an old 200gb external HD, and also have a couple of 8gb memory sticks that I use mostly for wav file backup, as well. So far, so good. Recently purchased an 8gb memory stick for about $10 on sale at a local Walgreens. Had my external HD for many years, still works fine.

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Originally posted by AlphaStarred If you want to consider the option of external HDs and memory sticks, they go for pretty cheap nowadays. This is what I use. I have virtually everything backed up on an old 200gb external HD, and also have a couple of 8gb memory sticks that I use mostly for wav file backup, as well. So far, so good. Recently purchased an 8gb memory stick for about $10 on sale at a local Walgreens. Had my external HD for many years, still works fine.

Yep, this is the old way. Prolly also the most reliable, but it might be a pain in the ass having to deal with more and more stuff on and around your desk. I'm trying to keep things on the essential side. Call me crazy, but I'm thinking on abandoning completely the external drives for more practical methods such as the cloud storage.

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Originally posted by optik http://www.code42.com/crashplan/T

CrashPlan is something I've looked at. Definitely that name doesn't help when choosing though. Associating the word "crash" with a service that should transmit a feeling of "safety" isn't really the most attractive option. Someone like Looney might enlighten us about these curious marketing choices. It's like when entering a site and you have tons of chaotic messages around, adverts left-right, bad site design etc., you just feel confused and discouraged. You're more likely to leave cause you can't bother reading through all that mess. But when you enter a nice polished looking page, with nice graphics, striking messages that go straight to the point, you really perceive and feel the care that company has for their product. You're somehow reassured seeing how serious they appear to be about what they do.

But of course that's just one part of the game. Is not enough to fall in their hands.
The thing is, we don't really know much about these companies. I was making some per-site comparisons earlier this day and noticed only a few of them had some internal info from the kitchen about who runs the craft. And that info was quite partial. We share with them our business and personal life but we know nothing about them. The video I posted earlier shows a potential victim of the good old cia technique of Problem-Reaction-Solution. One company creates 10 affiliates with different offers to fake market pluralism. 3 of them play the role of the "good boys", 7 are the "bad boys". The bad boys apparently have the most advantageous and seductive proposals. When the victim falls into the net, he's got some tolerance period. When it expires the game begins: they propose him to upgrade his subscription otherwise all his data will be deleted. If he accepts they increase profit, if he doesn't, he's prolly gonna knock at the door of the "good boys" -> increased profit again. At the end, he believes he's been saved, when he's been actually fucked twice by the same guy.

But of course none of this matters cause Clooney is the incarnation of Super-Man.

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