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A remote backup can be very slow to restore, so having both local and remote backups may be worthwhile. It's more expensive, of course, so it's a judgement call
by liw 15y ago
A remote backup can be very slow to restore, so having both local and remote backups may be worthwhile. It's more expensive, of course, so it's a judgement call, but it's too simplistic to say that everyone only ever needs one of them.
- kijin 15y agoRemote is slow to restore, but it's even slower to back up in the first place. With the current state of not-so-high-speed internet in North America, it could take several weeks to upload 100GB of pictures and videos.
- liw 15y agoIt's true that backups will take a long time too, but you're often in much less of a hurry with them than when restoring.
- budmang 15y agoOne option that Backblaze (and some others) offer is the ability to order an external hard drive with all your data via FedEx. That way, if you need a terabyte of data back, you get it quickly.
- huhtenberg 15y agoEnough of Backblaze already.
- kijin 15y agoOne of the reasons they made March 31st World Backup Day is to prevent data loss in case of a nasty prank on April Fools' Day. Not sure how realistic a threat that is, but it sort of defeats the stated purpose of World Backup Day if your backup won't complete until mid-May. Also, most remote backup services allow you to restore files and folders selectively, so you just need to download a small amount if you're in a real hurry.