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We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time (tm) ). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

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200,000 GB i need to move, suggestions? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by violetwednesday333@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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Sooo my university google email account is scheduled to be deleted on November 8th (1 week from today). I have used that account for 7 or 8 years and it’s connected to my Google Photos which is (was) unlimited due to the student status. I have 200,000 GB worth of photos and videos stored there (it’s been my primary backup for the almost decade I’ve had it) and I need to move it or lose it. Any suggestions for online unlimited cloud services? I’m not super worried about initial costs to set up I just want to know that it works and won’t delete my account or anything or consider me as abusing the unlimited storage. If such a thing doesn’t exist any suggestions for what to do lol There’s no way to recover the account because the university is essentially getting rid of all of their Google sponsored platforms.

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[–] violetwednesday333@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

i wasn’t expecting this much judgment and vitriol asking this question LOL

the way i wrote is how i’m used to saying it in real life (as in the unit of measurement… excuse me for not reducing it when i wrote the post)

and it’s literally every single photo, screenshot, video, etc. that i’ve taken over the last 8 years that has been automatically uploading and stored in the Google Photos. idk why that sounds so unreasonable but if it helps I’m also a content creator and it’s possible my file sizes are large due to the quality i’m recording them in.

Another point to clarify is that my prior university is purging all accounts. there’s no way to save the account or get the deadline extended (even if i were to take another course).

I really appreciate those that have commented with genuine feedback and suggestions. I understand I’ll have to prioritize what can be saved and I also need to get a move on with saving it due to download and upload speeds.