No mo' hard drives

[5030]

I think I will stick with hard drives and back ups. I am migrating to SSDs.

I'm 100% chipset hard drive now. Much faster retrieval speed, no defrag and no mechaincs at all. I still back up to a Western Digital external but it's a chipset as well.

 

[Torvy]

I still back up to optical storage. It is vulnerable to different things than magnetic storage, so it gives me one added layer of peace.

Some of y'all are young. I am of an age where personal computers became a thing about when I started HS. Our school computers were 8k Commodore PETs. The drive was just a port to a cassette tape drive. Long load times and linear, like looking for the next song before technology could find gaps. We had to jot down the numbers from an analog counter on the tape player.

Spent a couple of years in entertainment software development and about 8 doing and managing hardware support for the cow spotted guys. Left the business in late 2000.

 

[Oaktree]

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"The cloud" is one of those buzz phrases that sounds cool, but no one really knows what it means. You're basically trusting your business data security to someone else's server and hoping they do a good job with security and are still around when you need them.
I suppose it makes sense for a small business that can't afford an IT staff, not sure I'd want my CC company outsourcing that.
What's in your wallet?

 

[Oaktree]

I'm 100% chipset hard drive now. Much faster retrieval speed, no defrag and no mechaincs at all. I still back up to a Western Digital external but it's a chipset as well.

I'm sure prices will continue to come down on SSDs like they did with mechanical drives, but they're not there yet. Still a little pricey for my budget in the larger sizes, and don't really offer any advantages for any applications I have.

I still back up to optical storage. It is vulnerable to different things than magnetic storage, so it gives me one added layer of peace.

I dont' think I've used CD-Rs in a good 10-12 years. USB drives all the way.
I suppose in the event of an EMP they'd be safe, assuming any equipment that can read them survives.

 

[PuffyC]

"The cloud" is one of those buzz phrases that sounds cool, but no one really knows what it means. You're basically trusting your business data security to someone else's server and hoping they do a good job with security and are still around when you need them.

Tech people know what the cloud means. I prefer to look at it like this: Who's going to do a better job securing and managing your IT workloads - a world leading company that specializes in securing and managing IT workloads or a company that makes tractors? A company like JD wants to build tractors, not run a state of the art tech business, and the cloud gives them that option. And not only does moving to the cloud allow businesses to do IT better but it's also cheaper.

I suppose it makes sense for a small business that can't afford an IT staff, not sure I'd want my CC company outsourcing that.
What's in your wallet?

All the big companies are already in the cloud and have been for a while, it's the small business that lag. The small business still doesn't understand IT and sees it as a necessary evil so they all want to cut corners and half arse everything. Big businesses can't afford to take such a dangerous approach to their data.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

"The cloud" is one of those buzz phrases that sounds cool, but no one really knows what it means. You're basically trusting your business data security to someone else's server and hoping they do a good job with security and are still around when you need them.
I suppose it makes sense for a small business that can't afford an IT staff, not sure I'd want my CC company outsourcing that.
What's in your wallet?

Oak tree l hope all readers understand your thoughts on the "cloud" are not based on reality.

Keep in mind when you get your Tesla the cloud will be continuing to add to it's resell value.

 

[arizona98tj]

I'm sure prices will continue to come down on SSDs like they did with mechanical drives, but they're not there yet. Still a little pricey for my budget in the larger sizes, and don't really offer any advantages for any applications I have.

I dont' think I've used CD-Rs in a good 10-12 years. USB drives all the way.
I suppose in the event of an EMP they'd be safe, assuming any equipment that can read them survives.

They are getting reasonably priced, IMO. I just checked...a quick search found a SATA 2.5" 1TB drive, $79.99. If I lost a hard drive today, I would get one like that....I can live with $80 + tax.

 

[Oaktree]

Oak tree l hope all readers understand your thoughts on the "cloud" are not based on reality.

Keep in mind when you get your Tesla the cloud will be continuing to add to it's resell value.

I'll keep that in mind in the unlikely event I get a Tesla. I don't care one whit about resale value on a vehicle...I buy used and drive 'em into the ground.
I also intend to hold out as long as I can on getting a "connected" vehicle. Maybe you're OK with the big brother aspect, but I'm not.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

I'll keep that in mind in the unlikely event I get a Tesla. I don't care one whit about resale value on a vehicle...I buy used and drive 'em into the ground.
I also intend to hold out as long as I can on getting a "connected" vehicle. Maybe you're OK with the big brother aspect, but I'm not.

When it comes to EVs this old tire spot comes to mind.

 

[Torvy]

I dont' think I've used CD-Rs in a good 10-12 years. USB drives all the way.
I suppose in the event of an EMP they'd be safe, assuming any equipment that can read them survives.

I use USB sometimes, too. I use DVR/W for data files like pictures and financial stuff as a backup...Still old tech, but not quite as old as CDR/W....also holds a great deal more.