Need file repository for sharing large files
I am doing a project of digitizing my fathers old slides from the 60's during his 5 year Air Force posting to France. Couple thousand slides of camping trips throughout Europe and England. We trave...
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fj12ryder wrote:
Rough estimate of what you suggested would be in the 40-50 gig range. I can't see anyplace offering that for free. I imagine if you're wanting to put all that online, and secure storage, you're looking at a monthly/yearly fee. Also to consider, if you could find a "free" site, there would be no guarantee that your photos wouldn't be held hostage at some future date, ala PhotoBucket.
Of course you could always put them on a standalone server at your home and send out links to it. Of course the one-time cost will be there, but at least no monthly rental fee.
Good idea on the standalone server.
I used to have the "at home" server years ago. It was on a standard internet connection. I only hosted my own website for a TT rebuild, along with pics I posted here. But they established all kinds of blocks for that kind of thing. It would stop working, I would find a workaround with a port redirect or something, they would block it again and so on. I finally gave up my website.
Perhaps I should revisit that option. I like that. The extra computer is no issue, I can put something together easy enough. I'll have to check the ease of online access through my ISP.
I never have files on some cloud service only. I always have a copy on a local computer or external drive. I don't trust any of these services for the reasons mentioned here by yourself and others.
Yes, using my pics for other than my own usage is something I want to control. Nothing to hide in them, but they are mine for my use. These cloud services claim privacy, but who knows....
In addition to my fathers slides, I have a bunch of my own slides I took when my kids were babies on through to adulthood. Might be easier to just put them on a stick and give it to them.
