jean2;611283 Wrote: > I never lost data on my set of HDD, but I'm careful (RAID + rsync). On > the other hand, "the cloud" (a very popular photo sharing site) has > already lost some of my data, and calling them was totally useless (we > will check the backup), fortunately it was still on my HDD. > > There are also stories of people loosing e-mail. I believe those > incidents are under-reported, because most people don't even have the > tools to realise data loss unless it's totally catastrophic. If one of > your unpopular album would be missing from your collection, I bet most > people would not notice or would assume it was never there. > > If you check, you will realise that "the cloud" makes absolutely no > promises about the safety and reliability of the storage of your data. > It's all about convenience. > > Jean
I disagree. Amazon is a big business, and they can't afford to be lax with losing client's data. Read their S3 service level agreement -- it is rock solid. -- magiccarpetride ------------------------------------------------------------------------ magiccarpetride's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37863 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85651 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
