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Indeed, having a recent valid backup turns the cryptolocker variety of virus quite ineffective, you only lose some time to restore vs files you can't replace.

Indeed, having a recent valid backup turns the cryptolocker variety of virus quite ineffective, you only lose some time to restore vs files you can't replace. But how is this related to the internet or the cloud in any way? Putting backups into the cloud is a terrible idea and transferring large data collection over a residential Internet connection makes little sense. Backups for home users became a possibility with the advent of cheap storage, first burners and cheap blank discs and now with large hard drives and flash media. But the issue at hands here is that with the democratization of the personal computer most users lacks the skills to make their own backups and even among technical people it's not until we got bitten by data loss that we start to take backups seriously.

venomsnake 12y ago
I did not say put it in the cloud. Although it is totally possible to create backup solution that is undecryptable by the cloud hosting provider.
- stan_rogers 12y ago
  "15 years into the internet age, and 5 into the cloud you have no excuse." Yes, you did.
tezza 12y ago
I'm sorry, but I do exactly what you say is impossible. > Putting backups into the cloud is a terrible idea > and transferring large data collection over a > residential Internet connection makes little sense. I work with video, music and large images. So my home backup is 3.6 TB. I now use CrashPlan: a cloud backup, who have no problem with the capacity. It took ~ 6 months to store everything, but now it just sends the deltas quietly behind the scenes. I lost a 1TB drive the other day, and the restore worked well after a bit of jiggerypokery. Previously I used an LTO2 tape system involving Bacula, a VMWare linux instance and a lot of changing tapes. Cloud backup is so much better
acdha 12y ago
> Backups for home users became a possibility with the advent of cheap storage, first burners and cheap blank discs and now with large hard drives and flash media. Now your home users need to start regular media rotation with scheduled integrity checks with a full copy stored off-site in a geographically diverse location. Are you starting to reconsider your assertion that “putting backups into the cloud is a terrible idea”?

venomsnake 12y ago

I did not say put it in the cloud. Although it is totally possible to create backup solution that is undecryptable by the cloud hosting provider.

stan_rogers 12y ago
"15 years into the internet age, and 5 into the cloud you have no excuse." Yes, you did.

tezza 12y ago

I'm sorry, but I do exactly what you say is impossible. > Putting backups into the cloud is a terrible idea > and transferring large data collection over a > residential Internet connection makes little sense. I work with video, music and large images. So my home backup is 3.6 TB. I now use CrashPlan: a cloud backup, who have no problem with the capacity. It took ~ 6 months to store everything, but now it just sends the deltas quietly behind the scenes. I lost a 1TB drive the other day, and the restore worked well after a bit of jiggerypokery. Previously I used an LTO2 tape system involving Bacula, a VMWare linux instance and a lot of changing tapes. Cloud backup is so much better

acdha 12y ago

> Backups for home users became a possibility with the advent of cheap storage, first burners and cheap blank discs and now with large hard drives and flash media. Now your home users need to start regular media rotation with scheduled integrity checks with a full copy stored off-site in a geographically diverse location. Are you starting to reconsider your assertion that “putting backups into the cloud is a terrible idea”?