[Gllug] Cloud computing ( was Re: Linux Petition )

[David Colon]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 4:23 AM, Tethys <sta296 at astradyne.co.uk> wrote:

>
> Someone else has your data. Not that they'll be able to get at it
> if it's suitably encrypted[1], but they can deny you access to it.
> For that reason alone, I won't be putting any of my data in the
> cloud now, or for the forseeable future. Or probably ever.
>

The same caveat applies if your servers are in a data center that you do
not own. Your physical and network access can be removed by the ISP at any
time. You still need to maintain backups of your data in a separate
location.

David
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