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In response to "VLIR: David. Not that you probably want to actually move to cloud storage but Livedrive offers unlimited space -- (link)" by oblique

A number of the services claim "unlimited" though. (I imagine the initial backup would take... a long time.) -- nm

Posted by Don Homer (aka DonHomer) Aug 4 '10, 11:05

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Amazon S3 is always an option also but you pay simply per GB and for the transfer bandwidth -- nm - oblique Aug 4, 11:07 5
- I meant stuff like Mozy, Carbonite, Crashplan, etc. They all claim unlimited. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 4, 11:08 4
  - What to watch out for is that all of those are true backup services and you cannot access the files "live" like a drive. Livedrive is a little - oblique Aug 4, 11:27 1
    - that's true. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 4, 11:28
  - The thing I worry about with all of them is sustainability. I know that Amazon is going to be around. -- nm - David Aug 4, 11:24 1
    - True, althought Mozy is backed by EMC which will also probably be around for a while -- nm - oblique Aug 4, 11:27

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