The SmugVault Discussion Thread

[Andy]

Announcing SmugVault: Store Everything for Next to Nothing

SmugVault is a new SmugMug product that lets you upload all the RAW, PSD, BMP, and TIFF files you’d like. And not just those - we’ll accept XMP sidecars, PDF files, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, video archives, and anything else you might want to store with your photos. What’s more, we’ll bundle your files together for easy, intuitive browsing and safe retrieval.


Read about it on Don's Blog. Pricing & Info. Help. Release Notes. Wiki.

Got Questions? Ask 'em here

[anderiv]

Interesting. From what I can tell, there wouldn't be a whole lot to gain from moving to this from something like Jungle Disk except for the nice GUI, correct?

Is this something your customers have been asking for? I'm just trying to imagine a use case for this. For backup purposes, it just seems like there are so many other great options out there...

[Andy]

Originally Posted by anderiv

Interesting. From what I can tell, there wouldn't be a whole lot to gain from moving to this from something like Jungle Disk except for the nice GUI, correct?

I have hundreds of gigs on Jungle Disk, I'm moving it all. I want this:



I want my RAWs and PSDs and other associated files visually on my JPGs in my gallery. Whenever, whereever, I can get what I need. Jungle Disk, is a bit um, harder to work with :)

Also all future stuff I upload, I'll be bundling my JPGs and RAWs at upload, mmm tasty.

[anderiv]

Originally Posted by Andy

I want my RAWs and PSDs and other associated files visually on my JPGs in my gallery. Whenever, whereever, I can get what I need. Jungle Disk, is a bit um, harder to work with :)

Also all future stuff I upload, I'll be bundling my JPGs and RAWs at upload, mmm tasty.

Cool - I can see how that would be useful. So, to clarify, in one shot, you could upload a jpg and raw of one image. The jpg would be added to a smugmug gallery and the raw would be sent off to SmugVault?

[Andy]

Originally Posted by anderiv

Cool - I can see how that would be useful. So, to clarify, in one shot, you could upload a jpg and raw of one image. The jpg would be added to a smugmug gallery and the raw would be sent off to SmugVault?

[gblotter]

Nice.

I can see some real benefits for archiving HD video in original size and format. With archived video, will SmugMug provide any viewing interface for the archived copy? Or is it only store/retrieve functionality?

[anderiv]

Originally Posted by Andy

Nice. For people that don't want/need to deal with more complicated backup situations, this is ideal. The tight integration with the Smugmug galleries will be quite nice.

Me, I'll need to stick with JungleDisk for other technical reasons, but I bet you'll have a lot of takers for the new service.

Congrats!

[Andy]

Originally Posted by gblotter

Nice.

I can see some real benefits for archiving HD video in original size and format. With archived video, will SmugMug provide any viewing interface for the archived copy? Or is it only store/retrieve functionality?

Store / retrieve only right now, for those big giant long movies (longer than 2.5 mins (power) or 10mins (pro)

[Sheaf]

Originally Posted by gblotter

Nice.

I can see some real benefits for archiving HD video in original size and format. With archived video, will SmugMug provide any viewing interface for the archived copy? Or is it only store/retrieve functionality?

If it meets our length limits and format restrictions, we can indeed make our usual display videos. You can also upload a JPEG or a another video and bundle them together.

[Nikolai]

Since this is an official place I think I'll mention it once again:
All Star*Explorer users are already covered.
Simply add proper file extensions to your "video" list (I know, it became a misnomer, I'll change the name when I have a next release), set the limit to 512Mb - and you're ready.
I already tested it the night SmugVault was deployed, and it works.