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Zenigata
Mar-16-2007, 11:00 AM
Hi,
do you think SmugMug, in additin to tools like AlbumFetcher, is a reliable service for pictures backups? I also have my backups on DVDs, but I need more security.

Thanks.
Sheaf
Mar-16-2007, 12:08 PM
Hi,
do you think SmugMug, in additin to tools like AlbumFetcher, is a reliable service for pictures backups? I also have my backups on DVDs, but I need more security.

Thanks.
Since I work for Smugmug, I am undoubtedly quite biased, but I can tell you that we keep four copies of each photo in three different states.

When the founders started the company, they realized that they were few things more precious to people than their photos. We take it very, very seriously.

Edit: And welcome to Dgrin!
Zenigata
Mar-16-2007, 12:29 PM
When the founders started the company, they realized that they were few things more precious to people than their photos. We take it very, very seriously.

Hi, thak you for you reply. Will SmugMug continue to support bulk downloads via its API? It's important to have redoundant hardware, but it's also important for me to easily download a lot of pictures if something bad happens at my home backups.

Thanks.
Sheaf
Mar-16-2007, 10:04 PM
Hi, thak you for you reply. Will SmugMug continue to support bulk downloads via its API? It's important to have redoundant hardware, but it's also important for me to easily download a lot of pictures if something bad happens at my home backups.

Thanks.

I don't have a definitive answer, but as far as I know there is no plan to remove that functionality.
Andy
Mar-17-2007, 06:26 AM
Hi, thak you for you reply. Will SmugMug continue to support bulk downloads via its API? It's important to have redoundant hardware, but it's also important for me to easily download a lot of pictures if something bad happens at my home backups.

Thanks.
It's one of our core beliefs. Your photos are your photos. We'll never make it harder for you to get your photos back, because Vendor Lock-in Sucks (http://blogs.smugmug.com/onethumb/2005/07/06/vendor-lock-in-sucks-making-it-easy-to-leave-smugmug/). That's from almost 2 years ago, we firmly believe in it.