> On Aug 21, 2026, at 3:56 PM, Joshua O'Keefe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Aug 21, 2026, at 2:48 PM, Doug Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Years of experience has said I have to be responsible for my own destiny....
I will also have to agree here. Cloud storage as primary backup to me personally seems akin to crumbling up up a piece of paper and throwing in a GIANT trash can/dumpster. For a sharing/holding for others to acquire some file is great, but not for main backup. Could be this comes from working in support at Maynard Electronics as the primary Xenix/Unix tech. This was the day of a HDD that did not exceed 2GB so I never had anything past a Maynstream 2200 8mm tape. Computers were also far too pricey to have one PC for each OS and removables would become fault after too many swaps. I used Interactive Unix (later PC Unix?) on my personal 386, but when I needed to do something on DOS it was Maynstream 2.51 for DOS that did the trick. It could boot from FDD and do a full image to/from tape of a 100gb drive in minutes no matter what OS was on the HDD. Μaynstream also handled network back of multiple computers on a Novell network overnight and rebuild the entire network from tape in the event of catastrophic failure. That was DOS/Win 2/3.11 era and Maynstream 3.0 for Windows would only work if Windows swap was on its' own drive or partition. I was the one that proved in Maynard labs. There's more, but too much history would make this pointless These days I have multiple NAS (Qnap, D-Link) with openSuse Linux, Windows 10/11. and macOS computers on the LAN. Each has its' own way to backup/save to a NAS. For most everyday saving this is all fine, but personal experience has offline storage as well. For this, removable 1tb USB drives work and easy enough to take to a safety deposit box for the important files. Online storage for backup is just plain not for me. What was Maynard/Archive, founding couple of Maynard sold out for $38mil to Archive, is -- at last check, Veritas; I could be dated. Online is a big part of what they do, but the company is nothing like what it was when our support team was considered best-of-all for 3 straight years. I just can't trust any "service" to keep my data via www even when they are known for being the best at it. Greg’s <>< Sent from my iPhone
