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| Thread ID: 123685 | 2012-03-11 05:44:00 | iCloud | GameJunkie (72) | PC World Chat |
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| 1264297 | 2012-03-12 01:07:00 | ...but you said you were on unlimited, so data charges aren't an issue? It's not like the world is on a finite amount of data that's running out, that's only IPv4 addresses. Data itself isn't running out... Local storage: Basic file server = $400 Additional 2x Western Digital 2TB RAID HDD's = $700 (Coz everybody knows you shouldn't use their Blue / Green HDDs in RAID) Additional 2x HDD's for offsite backup weekly rotation = $350 Basic UPS = $200 External Caddy for the HDD to backup via USB = $50 5 hours of consultation for somebody to come in, setup the RAID array, build the server, hook it up nicely in a cupboard somewhere, configure it so I can do a weekly offsite backup rotation using rsync to the currently plugged in external disk = $500 Total Up-front cost: $2,200 Total on-going cost: Approx $20 a month in courier fees for couriering the HDD off-site to my lawyers or family members for example, or I could just take it to work for free ~~~~~~~~~~~ Cloud storage: Initial costs: $0 - No need to buy anything On-going costs: $0 - Already have unlimited data Or, I could pay for a service such as with Mozy, USD$120 a year I think? We had an unlimited plan back in the day with them for about that much. Otherwise all my photos, videos, documents & emails are already backed up for free with Google. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1264298 | 2012-03-12 01:14:00 | Facepalm. | Metla (12) | ||
| 1264299 | 2012-03-12 01:51:00 | My thoughts exactly :-) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1264300 | 2012-03-12 01:55:00 | Lol. Seems like an extreme example chill. If you were that seroius about data storage then sure the cloud could be a good Idea. For most home users it would be more like; Local storage $0 - use the hard drive that is in your PC. If it's too small <$250 for a 2TB internal data drive. Backup device, 1 x external USB 2TB again <$250 Not stored offsite, but maybe kept somewhere relatively safe. Total up-front cost $250~$500.... and all your files at home in your control. A "serious" user might have a collection of HDDs totalling many TB of data, but if that's the case cloud backups would take forever and use ridiculous amounts of monthly cap to restore. those people should know how best to backup their own data. Incidentally after playing with RAID a bit myself I've come to the conclusion that it has no place in a home enviroment. It's benefits are outweighed by the complexities it adds and are better suited to mission critical server applications. RAID does not negate the need for backups and mass file storage does not need the performance gains of striping, some performance enthusiasts use it for speed and that's fine, but ridiculous if applied to mass storage of media. RAID5 did seem like a good way to avoid data loss if a hdd failed, but if it's backed up anyway where's the benefit? There are those that would disagree, and sure if your data is backed up anyway why not stripe those disks for speed if you want to. But if you use onboard raid controllers and want to migrate that data to a new machine without having to restore it all from a backup good luck. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1264301 | 2012-03-12 02:06:00 | True, but you don't need all your data all at once if you lose your local copy and your backup is "in the cloud", you'd probably also only restore as you need it. Considering Metal mentions bandwidth is free, why not? Why keep it local and have to worry about backups? | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1264302 | 2012-03-12 03:46:00 | Double facepalm. | Metla (12) | ||
| 1264303 | 2012-03-12 06:11:00 | Yes I use it and like it :) | radium (8645) | ||
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