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> never responded to popular demand Really? I know lots of folks, within the industry and without, who use cloud backup services like Carbonite and Crashplan p
by aaronem 12y ago
> never responded to popular demand
Really? I know lots of folks, within the industry and without, who use cloud backup services like Carbonite and Crashplan precisely because they are so much more convenient than maintaining a physical backup scheme, however simple. I veer in the other direction, because I trust USB HDDs in my physical possession more than I trust Crashplan or Carbonite not to screw up, but the argument from convenience is not an unreasonable one, and I'd say it certainly does count as the cloud "respond[ing] to popular demand".
- venomsnake 12y agoMy personal remote backup provider (Backblaze) is as cloudy as the FTP. Sending (hopefully) encrypted bytes and retrieving them is not what cloud is for me. What I consider "cloud" is closer to google app engine.
- icebraining 12y agoI trust USB HDDs in my physical possession more than I trust Crashplan or Carbonite not to screw up It's not mutually incompatible: I trust both combined more than I trust each one alone.