If you're relying totally on the cloud to backup your data, think again

[crimsonaudio]

"Never turn your back on digital" - Bob Ludwig

"If your data isn't stored in three separate places, you don't have it." - unknown

Google Drive users angry over losing months of stored data

Google Drive users are reporting that recent files stored in the cloud have suddenly disappeared, with the cloud service reverting to a storage snapshot as it was around April-May 2023.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

 

[Bazza]

Never used the cloud myself.

I have backups to external drives and thumb drives...

 

[crimsonaudio]

Never used the cloud myself.

I have backups to external drives and thumb drives...

For personal stuff that's probably fine. Combine that with some small cloud backups and your personal data won't be gone forever if you have a fire, for example.

Lots of small businesses don't want to invest in the local infrastructure to back up their data, or they realize that local backups aren't enough with digital data, so the cloud makes sense. But it only makes sense if it's the tertiary backup, imo.

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

I've often thought about getting a NAS system for the house.

 

[crimsonaudio]

I've often thought about getting a NAS system for the house.

They're incredibly inexpensive now if you don't need it to be bulletproof (such as multi-striped RAID).

 

[Elefantman]

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

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We actually had one of those back in the 90s!

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

They're incredibly inexpensive now if you don't need it to be bulletproof (such as multi-striped RAID).

It would be convenient since I do a lot of work at home on my laptop and then I have my laptop for school that I could share with and not have to worry about losing stuff.

 

[TexasBama]

My wife tried using one of the clouds for storing photos, but didn't like it. I avoided getting into the details, but moving photos around seemed very cumbersome. So I got her an 8TB external and haven't heard any more complaints - drag and drop.

I backup all my work on a 1TB drive, but it's all ms office stuff and pdfs. I'll die before it fills up.

 

[Bazza]

FYI........1 TB Flash Drives on Amazon for only $19.99!

But remember....you get what you pay for!

AMAZON

 

[BamaNation]

Dropbox works just like a drive on your computer. Don't even have to think about it or tell it to backup. It just works in the background. Other cloud offerings are more for actual backups and not storage. Make sure you understand the difference before signing up.

I use dropbox as my file storage. I then have google and icloud backup important directories and backup each other oo with our iphone photos. Also, amazon backs up my photos, too.

Probably overkill but hopefully in the zombie apocalypse, I'll have access to at least one of these so I can download pictures

Also, just came across multcloud.com which syncs across different cloud storage & backup platforms. Never used it but might start. Looks like it has plenty of good reviews and nice features.