[WLUG] [OT] IT Infrastructure Quote

[Robert Seward]

Ubuntu One is a counter argument to storing "your stuff" in the cloud. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_One

If you store your stuff in the cloud, pick a provider that won't be
going away anytime soon and taking your stuff with it!

If you don't store in the cloud. Backups! Backups! Redundant backups!

Rob

On Fri, 2015-03-06 at 15:03 -0500, Dan Pritts wrote:
> Much as with e-mail, I’d suggest you outsource file storage.  
> 
> 
>  box.com or dropbox.com or google drive or … i dunno.  
> 
> 
> Think carefully about the risks and benefits. is “the cloud” more, or
> less, likely to have a disaster that deletes all your files than you
> are?  Are your backups up to date, and sent off-site regularly?  What
> is the risk that the cloud provider will take a big crap and you’ll
> lose all your stuff?   Do you have stuff that is so sensitive that you
> can’t send it out?  Odds are that they will run it better than you
> ever could.  
> 
> 
> Do cloud backups while you are at it.  crashplan is good in my
> experience, i’ve heard good things about backblaze.  
> 
> 
> good luck.
> 
> > On Mar 4, 2015, at 9:17 PM, Chris Baty <batymahn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Yes, now that you mention it I spent a year with Exim in a month,
> > several years ago.  I've heard Exim is a cakewalk compared to other
> > MTAs. My issue is with users is with people who use the Exchange
> > server as their own personal file server, grr.  Think Exchange is
> > database driven.  It would sure be nice to just give them more disc
> > space.  Also miss the Linux logs.
> > 
> > On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Dan Pritts <danno at dogcheese.net>
> > wrote:
> >         What Tom Said.
> >         
> >         
> >         Running your own e-mail is a huge pain in the ass and almost
> >         certainly not cost-effective.
> >         
> >         
> >         If you don’t like google for some reason, check
> >         out fastmail.com.  No affiliation other than as a happy
> >         user.
> >         
> >         
> >         
> >         > On Mar 4, 2015, at 2:46 PM, Tom Lawrence
> >         > <me at thomaslawrence.com> wrote:
> >         > 
> >         > I have built a lot of Postfix servers over the years but
> >         > it's often more practical to outsource email to a third
> >         > party provider such as Google Apps. 
> >         
> >         
> >         
> >         
> >         
> >         
> >         > On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Chris Baty
> >         > <batymahn at gmail.com> wrote:
> >         >         Just curious,
> >         >         Has any one migrated from MS Exchange to Sendmail,
> >         >         or any Open source maail server?
> >         >         Chris
> >         >         
> >         >         
> >         >         Exchange is my current pain..
> >         >         
> >         >         
> >         
> >         
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