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Originally Posted by HarryT
One reason would be so it's securely backed up. Hard disks die. I once had the unfortunate situation where TWO drives in a RAID5 array simultaneously got fried by a thunderstorm and I lost my data even though I thought I was safe with RAID5.
I too have multiple terabytes of data on external hard drives, but even though I have a "primary" and a "backup" of each drive, if Cloud storage ever falls to the level when I could afford to store it in the Cloud, I'd be happy to do so for security.
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Nothing is totally secure even the cloud. I too have lost much on occasion, mostly before the advent of CD's, external drives etc. The most devastating was photos due to a virus.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Some people have privacy concerns, some don't. The stuff on my external drives is things like TV shows, photographs, etc. nothing remotely private. If anyone wants to look at thousands of photographs of Egyptian temples and hieroglyphic inscriptions, they've very welcome to do so  . |
I don't have security issues either, in fact my feelings are much the same as yours. I do not keep any passwords, identifying financial records etc. personal information, even personal contact info on media if I can help it. Not saying it doesn't happen and I doubt they would be much use to anyone. Still I try, as why tempt fate.
The cloud is an additional resource that I chose not to bother with for the most part. I do have it, it is affordable for anything I care about, but not always accessible.
I have far too much digital media backed up in multiple physical locations just because I can (OCD in that area?).
If all of it was destroyed in one fell swoop I think it would probably be the least of my worries for quite a while.
And not much of it is irreplaceable. In a small way I might benefit from a purge. That coupled with the fact that for 1/2 the year I have extremely limited bandwidth detracts from the perceived advantages.
Helen