Originally Posted by
magiciansampras
I think that's a stupid idea. Single source backup rarely makes sense.
It makes a lot of sense, especially when most folks don't even have a single back up.
I have terabytes of data to back up. I'm not about to do it a few kilobytes a second upstream on a broadband line.
In my case I have several external USB drives. My data is triple backed up to those USB drives and other computers as well (as well as NAS with software that propagates my back ups). I also carry USB back ups with me so not all my data is in a single location.
Much easier, no monthly fee to worry about, no bandwidth issues to worry about. Risk of data loss / hdd failure of all the drives including the PC is beyond remote.
Back up and recovery speeds are as fast as USB 3.0 and my local LAN. Way faster than broadband for either purpose.
Best of all I control the data. Hackers can't hack into Mozy or another online storage server and get to my data.
It's simply the most economical and effective solution.
What's stupid is calling someone else's idea stupid without giving any consideration to the advantages of that idea.