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Want to Verify Your Connection? Server RSA key fingerprint... 33:8b:c3:1e:04:98:c0:e4:48:5c:f2:cf:75:e7:4e:e3 Documents: Videos: | Recommendations: Large Encrypted, Zipped, or Archived files... It's best to not create a very large file of this type before uploading it. When you need to archive into a zip, tar, rar...etc. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Split them up into smaller files so that you reduce the chance for data corruption on long uploads. For example, you decide you want to compress all your pictures into a single archive file...or you want to encrypt those into a single container file, this may result in a large file that is several Gigabytes in size. If you upload this file and it gets interrupted along the way it could become corrupt...but you may not realize that until you need the file back. If you split it into smaller file groups...not only do you reduce the chances of corrupting your "whole basket" of data...you also add the ability to more quickly retrieve individual data sets since they will be smaller. No need having to download all 20 Gigabytes of your pictures just to see Uncle Tom at Christmas. :) Don't put all your eggs in one basket... Even though we backup your data on our end...you should never trust having all your data in only one location. The primary purpose of this service, and most others like it, is to be an offsite backup "copy" of your data. Even though we can serve as a storage medium to facilitate access to your data from anywhere, it is still recommended that you keep a copy of your data somewhere else as well. My personal strategy is to make a backup copy of my files onto a secondary local drive...then using an automated method of some sort, occasionally sync that secondary drive offsite. This method works best because it allows you to quickly restore files without having to wait for them to download when you need them, and your files are still safely offsite in the event of a home disaster. |