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Re:Archiving JPEGs for long-term storage by digianarchist on Saturday February 17, 2018 @05:43PM (#16403204)
Slightly off-topic but does anybody know any services that you can pre-pay to store images long term? Say 10+ years.

Flickr only allow you to buy an account for the next 2 years.

Re:Archiving JPEGs for long-term storage by dannyw on Saturday February 17, 2018 @08:01PM (#16403790)
I’m surprised no one has started a “perpetual storage for upfront cost”.

With hardware costs going lower and lower, and rate limits enforceable to keep this for archivig, you could model a price with a suitable profit margin.

Re:Archiving JPEGs for long-term storage by sitkack on Saturday February 17, 2018 @11:11PM (#16404409)
Maybe tarsnap? What you need is a service to take object buckets and make a tape backup that is replicated, re-read and re-archived over time.
Re:Archiving JPEGs for long-term storage by res0nat0r on Saturday February 17, 2018 @06:28PM (#16403415)
Re:Archiving JPEGs for long-term storage by ktpsns on Saturday February 17, 2018 @06:45PM (#16403496)
Just looked into the pricing and the lions share comes when you (especially quickly) need the data again.

Why not buy instead one or even multiple cheap but large USB hard disc and put it into your shelve or to your friends? It gives you immediate access for free. I don't get it why one rents a service instead of staying independent.

Re:Archiving JPEGs for long-term storage by willglynn on Saturday February 17, 2018 @07:43PM (#16403735)
Data storage devices have a finite lifetime, so data storage is necessarily a recurring expense.

Copies that can't be read aren't copies any more, which means regular access is a requirement, which means another recurring expense.

Different requirements can reasonably result in different solutions, but a USB hard drive on its own is simply not comparable to storage service. A redundant set of USB hard drives with a specified replacement schedule and testing procedure would be comparable -- but if you amortize all that out, we're talking about $X + Y hours per month for Z GB of storage, which compares directly to $X/GB-month if time has a dollar value.

From this perspective, I argue that storage services like S3, Glacier, B2, and Digital Ocean Spaces are priced fairly.

Re:Archiving JPEGs for long-term storage by digianarchist on Sunday February 18, 2018 @12:49PM (#16407173)
Glacier is billed monthly. I'm looking to buy 5-20 years service in advance.
Re:Archiving JPEGs for long-term storage by make3 on Saturday February 17, 2018 @06:01PM (#16403286)
Amazon s3 long term use contract?