Comments on: Terabyte a year for $1000? http://gigaom.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ben Widhelm http://gigaom.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142462 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:41:52 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142462 @Om

We built that application. Its called ElephantDrive. We abstract both the pricing and the technical relationship with S3. $9.95 /month for unlimited desktop storage, which at 1TB is a drastic discount from Amazon’s pricing…

We also love SmugMug…

]]> By: Peter http://gigaom.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142461 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:23:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142461 Multiply does it for $0 a year for unlimited photo and video storage.

]]> By: Allen Murabayashi http://gigaom.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142460 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:53:21 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142460 PhotoShelter supports RAW, PSD, JPG, TIF with no file size limits. This makes it different from consumer/prosumer photo solutions. We also have the ability to support print, royalty-free and rights-managed based sales — so the comparison to something like Mozy or Fotki is apples to oranges. I agree that there are cheaper solutions, but they don’t have features like PhotoShelter. If you’re not a professional photographer, the point is moot.

btw, i’m a big smugmug fan.

]]> By: Evan http://gigaom.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142458 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 06:18:52 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142458 1 terabyte, wow.

That would be luxurious … if it took any less than 12 DAYS to transfer that much data over my 8Mbps cable connection.

]]> By: Nick Hawkins http://gigaom.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142459 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:16:07 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142459 Fotki does it for $30 a year for “unlimited” – hell, I’ve got 30gb of stuff up there (now if I were to keep raw files there, then that’s another issue).

]]> By: Don MacAskill http://gigaom.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142457 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:01:18 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142457 Now I think Jeffrey’s gunning for my job. :)

He’s right though – $40/year at SmugMug lets you store an unlimited (read: more than a terabyte) amount of photos.

]]> By: Jeffrey McManus http://gigaom.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142456 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:43:24 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142456 I don’t have to build a great tool that leverages S3 to help pro photos store their shots, because somebody already has — it’s called Smugmug.

]]> By: Aswath http://gigaom.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142455 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:07:24 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142455 I understand Amazon pricing because it is strictly cost based – this month for storage and that much for bandwidth. But all others seem to charge based on storage alone. This means they have modelled the number of downloads. So direct comparison to S3 is not possible.

Also the storage cost at S3 for 1 TB for a year is .15x1000x12, which is %$1800, plus bandwidth cost. This suggests that Photoshelter is betting few will utilize the full storage limit. So watch out for fine print that limits on the number of downloads etc.

]]> By: Abhishek http://gigaom.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142454 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:12:50 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142454 Where do you see the $1000/year pricing?

http://www.photoshelter.com/tour/feature/price

This page shows $400/month.

]]> By: a http://gigaom.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142453 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:52:22 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142453 agreed that is pricey. i’m storing 250 GB at mozy for $50 a year right now.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142451 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:21:53 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142451 Sure, but the big issue who be how photographers and all use the Amazon service. Hey Jeffrey, how about you build a great tool that leverages S3 and helps people store their photos.

]]> By: Jeffrey McManus http://gigaom.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142452 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:11:18 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/terabyte-a-year-for-1000/#comment-142452 That is 10X more expensive than what Amazon charges.

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