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Need recommended site for online data storage with ftp capability

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MilesAhead:
Seems of rather limited utility since you can't depend on it to be there.  Safety deposit box in an unlocked vault.

wraith808:
Seems of rather limited utility since you can't depend on it to be there.  Safety deposit box in an unlocked vault.

-MilesAhead (May 15, 2010, 12:15 PM)
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And can you depend on your hard drive to be there?  No matter what?  Most people I think, use online backup as sort of an "off site" type of backup.  You back up locally, then copy your backup to an off site location.  At least that's how I'd hope most people use it.  And if you pick reputably, then you can be a lot more confident of your online backups.

MilesAhead:
I understand how it works. It would have a lot more functionality if the stuff was backed up.  For a free service I can see it.  But I know even though I back up my web site contents, I wouldn't hire out a web server company that didn't even back up their servers.  Seems like a half assed way to do things to me.

wraith808:
I understand how it works. It would have a lot more functionality if the stuff was backed up.  For a free service I can see it.  But I know even though I back up my web site contents, I wouldn't hire out a web server company that didn't even back up their servers.  Seems like a half assed way to do things to me.

-MilesAhead (May 15, 2010, 10:35 PM)
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I'm sure they back up their servers.  But it's a different thing between backing up servers and guaranteeing those backups to someone else.  My hosting company doesn't advertise that they back up their servers.  But when I've needed something, they do indeed have backups.  It's not part of the plans, and I'm sure if they couldn't find it they'd point to their policy.

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