Keeping all your data in cloud - is that smart?

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  ms_cs

  But let's say, for some reason, if the cloud is corrupted [network going down et al] - your data suddenly becomes unavailable. Let's say you can't recall your cloud login - you can't access any of your data.

  Google's Big Servers can take backup of data and We can retrieve it.
  
  But problem is with the privacy I think..
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  sarveshgupta

  Today although the storage is becoming cheaper but still there are many thing one wants to keep a record and the records keep on piling up with time
  
  A normal home pc user may buy upto 500 gb of hard disk but today there is so much of things one wants to keep record of such as old songs, files of old work that are not of use now, and anything although songs or videos can be accessed at anytime again on the net but still it will save the overhead of searching a good quality and genuine link as you just to your one step online backup.
  
  Any softwares that you don't use now but may want to store.
  
  Now there comes an argument that there are cd's and dvd's for that. But they have there own drawbacks. You might misplace them. They may crack or get unreadable.
  
  So, even there may be problems associated with this idea but still it may prove helpful to almost all. Atleast as a safe and better place to dump your data that may not be so much important.
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  sarveshgupta

  Regarding the privacy I think that it will not hamper the privacy as they will not make the data of any one user by default public to other users across the globe, I suppose.
  
  It will be like a huge public store room anyone can store anything and work but you cannot see the things stored by others.
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  Pensu

  Ya....biggie data lost may be a problem,but if we are looking for something smart then it is a good option.If they are able to recover the data then we don't have to care about our storage and system crash,and as a profit we will get a speedy system.
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  safwan

  I have also read in visual studio Magazine about this ? I have also same doubt about this keeping data on internet .
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  sarveshgupta

  What is your doubt?
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  Ashraf HZ

  I personally wouldn't keep all my data in a cloud. Perhaps I'll keep some if it requires my to access it away from my home, like documents.
  
  I wouldn't encourage heavy usage of cloud tech. Yes, it will save your own costs, but maintaining clouds with fault tolerances uses a lot of power in the end. Its not like you can switch them "off". Think about aggregate power savings , instead of just yourself 😀
  
  In terms of network reliability, I guess its too premature to rely on online backup with current speeds. Trying to quickly access 500gb of data is going to be quite a burden, and certainly a waste of bandwidth efficiency. HDD is still cheap, and with SSDs going into mainstream, offline back up is still the preferred method choice.
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  sarveshgupta

  You have surely given some strong points Ash