Comments on: Cloud Storage: A Drain for Money and Data http://devlin-consulting.com/2009/03/cloud-storage-a-drain-for-money-and-data/ Product design, engineering, and technology consulting Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:05:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mark Campbell http://devlin-consulting.com/2009/03/cloud-storage-a-drain-for-money-and-data/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Mark Campbell Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:05:21 +0000 http://devlin-consulting.com/?p=499#comment-369 Agreed. The fundamental question for cloud storage (and backup) isn't whether they can serve as a replacement for even small business backup and storage but instead how valuable multi-tenant public clouds can serve as secondary disaster recovery vehicles. The company at which I work is getting ready to announce cloud-based backup - but we're requiring an on-premise appliance precisely for the reasons that you articulate - the cloud backup is a disaster recovery (rather than a backup or business continuity) solution. I blogged on this earlier today; post is at http://www.unitrends.com/weblog/index.php/2010/03/21/does-your-backup-cloud-have-a-silver-lining/ Agreed. The fundamental question for cloud storage (and backup) isn’t whether they can serve as a replacement for even small business backup and storage but instead how valuable multi-tenant public clouds can serve as secondary disaster recovery vehicles.

The company at which I work is getting ready to announce cloud-based backup – but we’re requiring an on-premise appliance precisely for the reasons that you articulate – the cloud backup is a disaster recovery (rather than a backup or business continuity) solution. I blogged on this earlier today; post is at http://www.unitrends.com/weblog/index.php/2010/03/21/does-your-backup-cloud-have-a-silver-lining/

]]> By: Harold Poley http://devlin-consulting.com/2009/03/cloud-storage-a-drain-for-money-and-data/comment-page-1/#comment-319 Harold Poley Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:13:26 +0000 http://devlin-consulting.com/?p=499#comment-319 Nicely put. Most small business owners and individual computer owners place too much faith in cloud storage based backup systems, and fail to read the fine print, assuming that their entire computer systems can be restored in case of hard drive failure. This is rarely the case. Online backup doesn't provide most users what they think it does, and it doesn't do it in the time that they think it will. Business owners should focus on rapid system recovery, and use online backup services to backup their backups for disaster recovery. The main advantage of online backup systems is that they move a copy of the local backup offsite ... something many small business owners fail to do. In case of fire or theft, it is essential that a remote backup exists so that the destroyed/missing local data can be recovered. The old addage "don't put all your eggs in one basket" holds true. In summary: with online backup systems, think "disaster recovery", rather than "system or file recovery." Nicely put. Most small business owners and individual computer owners place too much faith in cloud storage based backup systems, and fail to read the fine print, assuming that their entire computer systems can be restored in case of hard drive failure. This is rarely the case. Online backup doesn’t provide most users what they think it does, and it doesn’t do it in the time that they think it will.

Business owners should focus on rapid system recovery, and use online backup services to backup their backups for disaster recovery. The main advantage of online backup systems is that they move a copy of the local backup offsite … something many small business owners fail to do. In case of fire or theft, it is essential that a remote backup exists so that the destroyed/missing local data can be recovered. The old addage “don’t put all your eggs in one basket” holds true.

In summary: with online backup systems, think “disaster recovery”, rather than “system or file recovery.”

]]> By: Business Relationships vs. Hostage Situations | Lee Devlin's Website http://devlin-consulting.com/2009/03/cloud-storage-a-drain-for-money-and-data/comment-page-1/#comment-318 Business Relationships vs. Hostage Situations | Lee Devlin's Website Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:11:17 +0000 http://devlin-consulting.com/?p=499#comment-318 [...] crapware on my PC. Now, I’m no fan of on-line backup services and had previously written a critical review of what I think of them. Part of my view is colored by an image that I will now convey to you. Hang on, because I think [...] [...] crapware on my PC. Now, I’m no fan of on-line backup services and had previously written a critical review of what I think of them. Part of my view is colored by an image that I will now convey to you. Hang on, because I think [...]

]]> By: Mike http://devlin-consulting.com/2009/03/cloud-storage-a-drain-for-money-and-data/comment-page-1/#comment-316 Mike Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:04:31 +0000 http://devlin-consulting.com/?p=499#comment-316 Here! Here! Well said! Here! Here! Well said!

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