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Originally Posted by Katsunami
This.
All that "Cloud" crap, that is the old fashioned stuff. We had "clouds" in the 60's, 70's: dumb terminals connecting to a big computer that provided the CPU-power and the storage, because it was just unfeasible to own one yourself, both with regard to cost and needed space.
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I don't think of it as 'crap', I think of it as convenient. As a retired DBA, disaster recovery has been hardwired into my DNA. I have backups of backups. But I'm also not the sort to refuse a more convenient workflow, just because I remember the way things used to be!
So bring on the Amazon drive, Microsoft's OneDrive, and Box.com! (no Dropbox for me! And Google plays merry hell with my photos.) Backups to an external drive guarantees I can have the convenience and safety.