What Do You Do When the Cloud Shuts Down? 203
jbrodkin writes "Can you trust your data to the cloud? For users of an online storage service called The Linkup, formerly known as MediaMax, the answer turned out to be a resounding 'no.' The Linkup shut down on Aug. 8 after losing access to as much as 45% of its customers' data.
'When we looked at some individual accounts, some people didn't have any files, and some people had all their files,' The Linkup CeO Steve Iverson admits.
None of the affected users will get their lost data back. Iverson called it a 'worst-case scenario.'"
Re:Fuck your God it is Satan who in trusts my soul (Score:1, Funny)
Psssst. Satanists worship a Christian deity. Pass it on.
Re:What Do You Do When the Cloud Shuts Down? (Score:3, Funny)
I build my own hard drives and power supply too!
Re:Well DUH! (Score:3, Funny)
No, no, no, you have it all wrong.
The first rule of backups is: "You do not talk about backups."
OK, so I'm a dinosaur, but... (Score:4, Funny)
Besides, with Remote Desktop, FOUSs*, and continuous 'Net connections, it's pretty easy to take it with you.
* (8GB on a microSDHC the size of my fingernail is a Flashdrive Of Unusual Size in my book!)
Re:What Do You Do When the Cloud Shuts Down? (Score:4, Funny)
You don't generate your own electricity, too? Slacker!
Same happened to me. (Score:4, Funny)
And now look what I'm left with!
Link to the article on ONE PAGE (Score:4, Funny)
This version [networkworld.com] may be easier to read.
Bottom line: The Linkup is blaming Nirvanix (a third-party service provider) which is, of course, blaming The Linkup. FTA:
Summary: "He did it." "No, he did it." "No, it was him!" "You did it FIRST!" "Idiot!" "Moron!" "Jackass!" ** customers shoot them both **
Re:Well DUH! (Score:5, Funny)
I back up everything to /dev/null. Restoration is somebody else's job.
Re:Backups, backups, backups! (Score:2, Funny)
There's now the assumption (and we all know what assume means) that if it's "in the cloud," the data is safe or backed up somewhere
These must be the same people that assume that because someone has a fancy degree, they know what they're talking about.
Re:Backups, backups, backups! (Score:5, Funny)
There, fixed that for you. Backups aren't worth a damn if the building is blown up.
Yeah, I already thought of that. *smug* I have a script that backs up all my files from our servers in WTC1 to our servers in WTC2. What are the odds we could lose both sets of servers?
Re:Backups, backups, backups! (Score:5, Funny)
"No kidding. Why do you think I said 'backups' three times in the subject line?"
I think he was just backing up your statement!
Re:Backups, backups, backups! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Backups, backups, backups! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Backups, backups, backups! (Score:4, Funny)
I used to back up my data in the mustache-and-goatee universe, but it kept coming back with the Evil bit set.