Re: [PLUG] Physically Secure Backup Disk

[Steve Litt via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Rich Freeman via plug said on Thu, 18 May 2023 03:56:41 -0400

>On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 11:46 PM Syeed Ali via plug
><plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:
>>
>> I spent a stupid amount of time troubleshooting multiple attempts at
>> retrieving data from cloud storage.  It was slow enough to upload,
>> but, due to bugs that I had to hunt down for free for them, I had to
>> download a silly amount of data multiple times.  It was also in one
>> large chunk and neither of us knew what would happen if the
>> transmission was interrupted.
>>  
>
>I do keep a local backup as well though I consider it less secure than
>the cloud backup.  It will just be much cheaper/faster to access if
>needed.

Exactly! Like Syeed and I said, cloud plus spinning rust is great as
long as the cloud stuff is encrypted. Cloud *instead of* spinning rust
is a lousy idea.


SteveT

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