> to a hard drive in a safe-deposit box at a bank down the street What's the problem with that? It's probably better than 95% of small businesses out there.

> to a hard drive in a safe-deposit box at a bank down the street What's the problem with that? It's probably better than 95% of small businesses out there. No, it doesn't offer geographic redundancy and it might not withstand a killer tidal wave or nuclear strike, but for many businesses that's a moot point: such a situation would destroy their business outright anyway, to the point where their computers would be the least concern. If they swapped out the HD in the box frequently (on a daily basis) it's not the worst idea I've ever seen.