Re:How a bug in Dropbox permanently deleted my 8000 photos
by walterbell on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @09:07AM
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> Local storage will not.
External backup drives continue to increase in size at a falling cost per GB.
It is cheaper and lower latency to store/retrieve a large amount of data locally than remotely, unless you believe that the current glut of "near-free cloud storage" will continue indefinitely. Market cycles suggest otherwise.
> Publish it or lose it
Why do social networks store your photos "for free"?
External backup drives continue to increase in size at a falling cost per GB.
It is cheaper and lower latency to store/retrieve a large amount of data locally than remotely, unless you believe that the current glut of "near-free cloud storage" will continue indefinitely. Market cycles suggest otherwise.
> Publish it or lose it
Why do social networks store your photos "for free"?