I would like to back up my itunes and iphoto collection to icloud is this possible?

I have over 50 gb of photos, video  and music that I would like to have on a cloud, I know I can do itunes match (quite expensive) is there something similar for iphoto. I would prefer to have automatic back ups to a cloud rather than have to back up my self to another HD.
Any advice??

iCloud does not provide general file storage: you will need to find a third-party provider. This page examines some options:
http://rfwilmut.net/missing3
You should be aware that 50GB is going to take you a very long time to back up - it depends on your connection of course, but very likely more than a week of continuous uploading.

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