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Re: [LUG] Backups and Storage

 

Encrypted external hard disks at a nearby and trusted friends house. Although can be a pain since its not automated. Given that my main machine has just gone POP, let's hope I have done s fairly recent back up. lol.

Merry Xmas all.
Roly

On 1 Dec 2014 00:12, "Simon Waters" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 24/11/14 14:51, Simon Avery wrote:
>
> Everything you say - and also an automated system elsewhere on your
> lan. (In a different physical building ideally - for fire backups, but
> in a loft/elsewhere/hidden might do for theft/data loss)

Same LAN has issue with lightning potentially, wireless can help here.
Unlikely, but I've loss kit to lightning, never drives admittedly,
although that may be more to do with overland power lines.

Cloud is probably fine for backups, since as long as you monitor it,
even if they disappear you can just switch to a new backup provider.

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