off site back up for your photos

zcss

hi,
Im just wondering what people think about paying a monthly fee to have your photos or other unreplaceable document/files backed up on a server every night? I own a company that specializes in web design/computer support/and service and for the last few months we have had a number of customers with computer failure problems franticly trying to get there photos and such off of there computer. I just want to see what the interest would be for the public before I commit to anther server for our company?

cheers,
Ryan Slone
www.zcss.com

pathfinder

zcss wrote:

hi,
Im just wondering what people think about paying a monthly fee to have your photos or other unreplaceable document/files backed up on a server every night? I own a company that specializes in web design/computer support/and service and for the last few months we have had a number of customers with computer failure problems franticly trying to get there photos and such off of there computer. I just want to see what the interest would be for the public before I commit to anther server for our company?

cheers,
Ryan Slone
www.zcss.com

I can only speak for myself and I do not think I need DAILY back up - but I certainly do think most serious photographers will ultimately recognize that they need some sort of off site storage - perhaps priced by the gigabiyte or something. But I will admit that the need is price elastic - cheap enough and it is a no brainer - but too expensive and I will limp along without it. Not sure if that helps you with a business plan tho.

wxwax

Isn't that what smugmug is, at least for photographs?