In the end, I chose pCloud – a Switzerland-based cloud provider that I found while looking for a zero-knowledge cloud with end-to-end encryption. With popular cloud services out of question, I was left with a few options. You can read my Backblaze experience here. At $130 for two years (or $7 a month), Backblaze offers great value for money. But as I near the limit, I think Backblaze’s unlimited storage makes more sense. If you are a beginner, the 500GB or 2TB storage might make sense. Update: Although pCloud makes a great cloud storage, it’s limited in size.
Along with two copies on external hard disks, cloud storage was a neat and inexpensive solution that would keep me from future disasters. That’s when I thought it was now a good idea to start paying for a cloud which would satisfy two goals: Having data in a second location and having almost immediate access to download/upload my photographs. Now, having some sort of bank locker isn’t an ideal way to keep my hard disk in a different location. I immediately ordered a new hard disk and started looking for a way to keep a third copy somewhere else. It was one of my external hard disks that gave up, leaving me with just one copy of my pictures, stress, and sweat on my forehead. While my ‘keep at least two copies’ strategy continued for about four years without an incident, the day finally came when I realised I needed a backup in another location, too. Stepping into the world of photography put me in possession of piles of digital pictures. Leaving my life as a system administrator didn’t release me from the duty of taking care of huge amount of data. An addition to this is having an off-site backup which I didn’t keep until a few months ago. I always keep and advice to keep at least two copies of data as the bare minimum backup strategy. Long before I became a system administrator, I had learnt the importance of backup.
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