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Cloud backups versus lightning strikes
From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 20:44:03 -0400 (EDT)
As the saying goes, cloud computing is just someone else's computer. Always backup your cloud backups... in your backup.
Google's spokesperson used the percentage statistic to avoid how much data was lost. Other cloud providers have also lost customer data due to various problems. While a well-run cloud service provideris more reliable than keeping data under your mattress (just like a well-run bank is better than keeping cash under your mattress), its
not magic. Nature is still more powerful than even Google. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33989384Google says data has been wiped from discs at one of its data centres in Belgium - after it was struck by lightning four times.
Some people have permanently lost access to their files as a result.
Current thread:
- Cloud backups versus lightning strikes Sean Donelan (Aug 19)
- Re: Cloud backups versus lightning strikes Matt Palmer (Aug 19)
- Re: Cloud backups versus lightning strikes Karl Auer (Aug 19)
- Re: Cloud backups versus lightning strikes George Herbert (Aug 20)
- Re: Cloud backups versus lightning strikes Matt Palmer (Aug 19)