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External drive/Home server |
Better Cost |
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Less Potential for data being used against your interests |
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Less potential for having your data held hostage |
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Less potential for temporary loss of access to data |
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Yep, can't imagine why we aren't ALL backing up online!
You can use it as a live online network disk (it looks like a hard drive to Windows/Mac) or for backup.
The Jungledisk program is only $20 and Amazon charges very little for the online storage. I use several gigs of storage and pay about $2/month.
If you are really cheap, just set up a Gmail account and email files to yourself. Gmail is up 7 gigs of free storage.
Since I misinterpreted your post, here’s a good reason for online backup.
Fire.
That said, I use multiple home backups — DVDs and external hard drives as well as online storage.