Thanks for the answer.
Currently I have more than 1Tb for my files and unfortunately these reviews do not give enough information about the prices when you go over their normal offers.
Is that compressed? If you compress your raw files (using gzip or similar), they'd take up a *lot* less space.
IOW, you may want to compress some of your folders into extra copies of them that way. Then, just sync the compressed versions of them.
But, make sure to read the "fine print" with any cloud storage plan you use if you're using compressed folders, as some plans have a file size limitation (sometimes 1GB, sometimes 2GB, etc.)
Google Drive lets you choose from plans that offer more than 1TB. But, the pricing jumps from 1TB (at $9.99/month) to 10TB (at $99.99/month), with nothing in between.
https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375123?hl=en
It is also not clear what theirs syncing windows tools offer. Do they allow me to upload, for example, all my folders structure or I have to set each one individually.
There are third party tools you can use to give you more features. For example, Insync is a good one for use with Google Drive.
https://www.insynchq.com/
It lets you keep your existing folder structure, and gives you a "right click" option to add any existing folder to Insync. You'll see that shown on their Why Insync page here:
https://www.insynchq.com/why
For a single Google Drive Account, you can get it for a one time fee of $20 (no recurring subscriptions or payments). They also offer a Pro plan that's $20/year with more features that allows multiple accounts.
As Malch mentioned, you may want to consider something like Crashplan, too (as they have unlimited plans at reasonable prices, and seem to get fairly good reviews for the most part).
http://www.code42.com/crashplan/
BTW, have you thought about just how long it could take to upload that much data, and if your ISP has any monthly caps on bandwidth usage?
For example, I'm using a Comcast Cable Modem service and they now cap my monthly bandwidth at 300GB/Month. I can use more, but they tack on another $10 for each 50GB over the 300GB limit.
You also need to consider how long it can take to upload all of your files. Most Broadband Services have much slower upload times compared to download times. For example, a plan with 50Mbps Download Speed may only allow 10Mbps Upload Speed. In my case, I have a "Performance Plan" where I get around 30Mbps Download Speed, but I only get 6Mbps upload Speed.
Current Speed:
That's Megabits per Second, not Megabytes per Second. There are 8 bits in a byte. So, 6Mbps (Megabits per second) is only 0.75 Megabytes per second (less than 1 Megabyte per second.
So, if you have 2TB of Data you want to sync at 6Mbps, that works out to a transfer time of over 854 hours (approx. 36 days running 24x7).
But, in reality, you're not going to get maximum speed though due to a variety of reasons (overhead of sync software, multiple smaller files vs one larger file, other applications sharing the same internet service, etc.) So, you'll probably only get around half of what your max upload speed is if you're lucky
Here's a transfer speed calculator that can come in handy:
http://techinternets.com/copy_calc?do
Of course, if you have other devices accessing the internet, that's going to impact your transfer speed, too.
But, considering bandwidth limitations that Comcast has for my broadband service, and that I tend to use around 200GB of Bandwidth each month for other purposes (browsing, downloads, watching videos, etc.), I could only transfer around 100GB of files to a cloud based storage site per month without incurring overage fees, meaning I'd need over a year to finish syncing that much data.
Some services like Crashplan do have options where they'll send you a physical hard drive to help out with the initial sync though. But, I think the largest they offer is 1TB (with no ability to do it more than once either). Then, you have to sync the rest via the internet.
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JimC
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rive. Get that here (scroll down past the main downloads and you'll see links to the beta)
