in relation to a thread starred by old rabbit, re. abti-virus, the topic of backups came to my mind.
So , what method of backup do you use?
Specifically, do you use a cloud based backup, or do you do something at your location?
Like this...
I use 2 external 1 terabyte spinning drives, which are off line all the time, unless I need to backup. Backups are manual and can take time.
Super important data is backed up to the drives, and then to M-Disk BluRay disks.
I also keep a backup of many of those same files on USB removable media.
In fact I also have 1 spare Blue-Ray M-Disk Capable DVD/CD drive in a bag. This is for the following reasons.
If there is a fire, I grab the data disks, and hard drives as well as flash drive. The M-Disks are in a bag with the spare M-Disk BluRay drive. This way I have a drive and the media. So I can read them later. This plan came to being, after I realized I was that one guy on earth who actually bought M-Disks.
But my weakness is that I do have to do a manual backup. This is because I choose to leave my external hard drives off so that nothing can get written to them without me knowing. Again, I can be paranoid.
I do not like Cloud based ideas at all, but I know its the way of the future. And I am a backwards person I guess.
Cloud storage brings to mind the concept of ransom. After all, you turned over your duty to protect your stuff to a stranger. They can raise rates, cancel services, sell data, sell services, go out of business. The only thing I have on cloud based storage is junk I can lose.
Around here I heard of a moving company that swindled a lady out of thousands by holding her stuff ransom. It happens.
For me, if I lose my data, oops, and I will work to avoid that. If a cloud location loses my data, who do I complain to?