On 04/24/2016 06:31 PM, Ruben Safir wrote:
What you ned is a 3 terabyte fanthom external drive.
At least that avoids the risk associated with 3rd party entities. That was the first thing that struck me, the OP saying
untrustworthy organizations like google, amazon and the like
Well, if you don't trust them, how can you trust ... well there's this Bitcasa killing Drive cloud storage service on May 20 http://venturebeat.com/2016/04/21/bitcasa-killing-drive-cloud-storage-servic... Its not as if the Mega-Corps never change their Terms&Conditions, is it? So the minor league players aren't even worth considering, are they? Is this the result of a neutral Risk Analysis or just prejudice against BigCorp and the idea that they suck profits out of the economy and don't return Value? Well ... Are you going to trust the Government? On the scale of "too big to fail" it exceeds even GM and the Big Banks. Lets face it, there's Risk Analysis and then there's prejudice. When I figure the Risk of the house burning down I realise that I need off-site storage for my backups, mag tape and DVDs. Who am I going to trust? Iron Mountain, a corporation that might go bankrupt or is (potentially, as are all corporations) corruptible or could (silently, since it doesn't use 'canaries') roll over and surrender in bulk as a result of court order or presidential directive, or trust a bank for a safe deposit box? Chicken Little should do a Risk Analysis.. I really like that idea of multi-Terabyte external drives :-) Its not as if they are expensive, so a Risk Analysis comes out in their favour. http://www.nmscorp.com/2014/09/security-risks-imposed-by-the-use-of-usb-driv... http://www.pcworld.com/article/2451774/cloud-storage-vs-external-hard-drives... One comment there makes a very good point: <quote> ... I never just rely on ONE method of storage nor ONE unit or back up device. With External hard drives becoming so inexpensive today, it only makes sense to back up to several units. </quote> And recently http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/the-best-external-desktop-hard-drive/# -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org