More Services (Free and Fee) for Offline Remote Storage: S3 Backup & BigSafeBox.com
Offline remote storage services continue to proliferate. We’re big fans (and users) of MediaMax around ResourceShelf since its days when it was known as Streamload. We also have been impressed with Mozy.com.
Here are two mores service, both using Amazon technology and storage facilities. In situations like this, it’s best to have knowledge of a wide variety of choices and choose the one that one that meets all of your needs. Two new ones we’re mentioning on RS for the first time:
+ BigSafeBox.com
Free trial, automatic back-ups over the Internet as you do you work. Client download required.
+ S3Backup
Required download client (coming soon for Mac and Linux, now in private beta). Price based on how much you store. Requires an Amazon Web Services log-in. Easy to get and free. Cost?
+ $0.15 per GB-Month of storage used
+ $0.20 per GB of data transferred
See Also: Time to Take a Look at MediaMax: Remotely Store Up to 100GB of Content for Just a Few $
MediaMax membership includes hosting along with audio and video streaming capabilities.
+ See Also: Store in on the Web (via PC World)
Includes charts #1 and #2
+ See Also: Want More Services? TechCrunch lists many others.
January 21st, 2007 at 2:57 am
[...] This is another popular in the Web 2.0 space. We’ve been highlighting companies in the remote storage space. It was just the other day when we mentioned two players and provided links many others. [...]
July 5th, 2007 at 12:45 am
[...] See Also: Backing up your entire hard drive is also important. Of course, it can be done locally but there are a number of web-based tools that make it easy. Most offer either free space or free trials as well as the ability to share content with others. We’ve tried and been very happy with: + Mozy + OmniDrive + Box.net + MediaMax Many more listed here. Use several and figure out which one works best for your needs and budget. [...]