CloudAtlas wrote: > I personally believe that using the cloud as a sole backup is very > unwise. As it is not directly under you control, it should be viewed as > ephemeral (or even open source if not encrypted). A multi-layered > approach is far safer e.g. local backup, off-site backup and cloud. > > Just my thoughts.
I'm not sure when cloud backup for large datasets is actually a best solution, unless you have really fast connections and also alternative back-ups. Purely from a security point of view, it's not clear to me why local/offsite/cloud is better than local and multiple offsites. For instance, one or more local copies, perhaps on a main data hard drive plus on the server, plus two hard drive back-ups stored in safety deposit boxes in separate banks. The incremental cost of a second safety deposit box won't be more than the cost of cloud storage, and won't have the inconvenience. Important to bear in mind that a safety deposit box does not guarantee against loss. If the bank burns down so will your drive in the SD. It's offsite back-up, but that doesn't mean immune from loss. I personally have music data stored on three different locations at home (main data archive, server, and the lossy version, all on separate hard drives), and a periodic backup to the safety deposit box. I use two or three different HDs for the bank storage -- one at the bank, and at least one (maybe two) that used to be in the bank and were retrieved when I added the most recent back-up. This is reminding me to do another backup, and I'll use the drive I took out of the bank last time I did this. I'll then take it to the bank and retrieve the one that's there for next time. That retrieved drive is another (incomplete) backup itself. I haven't gone so far as to get a second location for an SD. R. LMS on a dedicated server (FitPC3) Transporter (Ethernet) - main listening, Onkyo receiver, Paradigm speakers Touch (WiFi) - home theater 5.1, Sony receiver, Energy speakers Boom 1 (WiFi) - work-space Boom 2 (WiFi) - various (deck, garage, etc.) Radio (WiFi) - home office Control - Squeeze Control (Android mobile), 2 Controllers (seldom used), Squeeze Remote (on Surface Pro 4) Touch x 1 - spare UE Radio x 1 - spare Boom x 1 - spare Controller x 1 - Spare Duet Receiver (backup) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RonM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107345 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
