Family Pictures are Precious
Thursday, November 27th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed
Digital cameras make it easier than ever to preserve images of your family, but it only puts you one hard disk away from losing those precious images as well. All those priceless photos of your kids, grand kids, and family lost forever.
Most people who do backup their photos do it to CD’s or DVD’s. But this is a feel good measure that does little good. CD’s and DVD’s can start showing errors within three years even when stored in the best of conditions.Anything less than ideal will accellerate the deterioration.
And sharing your family photos between your computer, your mates, your kids, is just burdensome.Most end up emailing, burning CD’s, or running around different computers (or giving away personal information to one of the online free services). But there is a much better way that is both inexpensive and easy to use, Internet Attached Storage.
Internet Attached Storage (like OPENRSM CloudBackup) is the combination of Online Backup, local network disk, and file sharing all in one. You don’t have to give away any private information and it has the added benefit of backing up your other essential data (like documents, files, and computer setup data).
Here’s how it works. You create an with an Internet Attached Storage provider. Then you you set up the software that comes with the service on every computer in the house (and make sure to select Network Drive as an option when you do this).Your computers will then backup automatically and also have a private backup in addition to having the shared family folder.Here’s the best part.You can designate a shared folder.This makes the folder appear local on every computer you and your family uses.
No more emailing photos, no more using services that make you give up your privacy. And all the computers have backup for your other important files (like banking, documents, email) as well as having all those photos available from every computer.This saves loads of space and if bad things happen (like accidental deletion, hard disk failure, etc.) a previous version is in your Internet Attached Storage area.Even if you don’t find a overcropped or damaged picture right away you can copy the original back.
Here’s the most important things to note.Relying on CDs isn’t smart if your pictures are important to you. They’re easilly scratched. Also, CD’s are shown in studies to deteriorate in a relatively short time.Most online photo sharing sites are free but require you to provide private information, make a future purchase, or restrict how much you can store.Internet Attached Storage provides backup of your photos outside of your house and computer. Keeping photos organized makes everything easier because Internet Attached Storage mirrors the structure of your own disk. Ensure you automatically backup new photos, you don’t want to lose pictures because you forgot that one time. Make it automatic so you never have to remember to do it.
Advanced synchronization, automation, or network drive and folder sharing features are only provided by the best Internet Attached Storage providers. We’ve looked as many of these services and suggest that you use OPENRSM CloudBackup. It has the automation, ease of use, advanced file sharing features, and low cost you need to make sure that the pictures of your family don’t disappear from your computer.
