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the problem is that many people dont use it as a backup. In a backup scenario, you are immune to these things, because you still have your primary copy. It's an
by dacryn 3y ago
the problem is that many people dont use it as a backup. In a backup scenario, you are immune to these things, because you still have your primary copy. It's annoying yes, but in a backup you can always afford to lose the backup with no problem.
But many people treat these solutions as an extension of their hard drive. A physical analogy is putting your books into a Shurguard/self storage. Thats not a backup, that's just storage. You should make a photocopy instead
- throwawaaarrgh 3y agoPutting your files in a different provider is technically not a backup, it's a copy. A backup means data durability minimum requirements that most cloud file hosting does not provide without a business-level subscription. Even then it may not be replicated outside a region and not use cold storage. The distinction is important if you want to rely on more than luck to keep your data safe.
- rightbyte 3y agoOh come on it is a backup. Any two copies is one backup.
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- throwawaaarrgh 3y ago.....no. a backup requires durability guarantees, as well as regular testing. If you just keep your second copy on some hard drive collecting dust next to your wireless router, eventually that drive is going to die. But you might not realize it until the next time you try to retrieve your "backup", or power off/on the drive. then you don't have the backup when you need it. People just assume anything in "the cloud" is redundant or has high durability, but it's not. When you finally need that second copy, it might be gone.