Iphoto cloud based backup

I am currently looking for a solution to backup my growing iphoto libary on the web.  It would be nice to be able to view the photos on the web as well. 
So far I have considered using:
-flickr to upload all of my iphotos events
-google picasa with and app called Phoshare to export symlinks to the photos which would then be uploaded to picasa. http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/picasa/QE1hlVBMNqE/Mta22IEITAcJ
Has anyone had any experience with these soliutions or know of any other solutions?
Thanks,
-Matt

Thanks Leonie, I agree purchasing external hardrives is the way to go to have a backup.  My problem now is I currently have a new macbook and the solid state hard drive is only 250gb.  So I am looking for a way to "archive" my older iphoto events but still have them accessable via the web. 
I will check out Roger Wilmut's site as well!
Thanks,
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