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Do not prefer cloud services which destroy data on transient payment failure
- metadat 4y agoUnless it's your own cloud, don't trust it with the crown jewels.
- Georgelemental 4y agoI wouldn't trust myself with the crown jewels either
- metadat 4y agoMultiple (3+) copies in different locations at all times, regularly verified and tested. Do I do this for personal stuff? No. For mission critical business applications? Yes.
- lioeters 4y ago> 3-2-1 Backup Strategy means having at least three total copies of your data, two of which are local but on different mediums (read: devices), and at least one copy off-site.
- wmf 4y agoIs there any way to get reliable info on which providers have this kind of policy?
- donavanm 4y agoYes! This is also the issue that makes large cloud providers very hesitant to provide anything that even resembles “terminate services at a spending quota.” The cost of damaging an actual customers business is so so much greater than the (potential) customers FUD around uncontrolled spending.