New Seagate 1TB drive automatically copies files to Amazon cloud

[Kevin Lancaster]

New Seagate 1TB drive automatically copies files to Amazon cloud

Seagate and Amazon have partnered to sell an external hard drive that automatically backs up data to the cloud.

 

[JerryMungo]

Nice - very clever. Perfect for small office backups.

 

[craiglotter]

If you've got the bandwidth for it, then that's actually pretty cool.

 

[biometrics]

Offer is US only and it's only free for a year.

 

[Thor]

LoveIT!!!

Buying extra drives for raid is terribly expensive this is the answer (if you have the cap and internet speed of course, hence US only)

 

[Mr Scratch]

LoveIT!!!

Buying extra drives for raid is terribly expensive this is the answer (if you have the cap and internet speed of course, hence US only)

RAID isnt backup - this is a cloud backup service, aint it?

 

[Thor]

RAID isnt backup - this is a cloud backup service, aint it?

I'll much rather have my data duplicated in the cloud even of that means a few hours delay than buying double storage disks the whole time in fear my 8TB single disk k@ks

 

[Vice]

I find it difficult to comment without knowing the terms of reference. How do you determine the risk to your company by copying your data to a cloud service? Who's else has access to it besides you? What are the data/information laws that apply to that country, etc, etc? Data is the new gold these days!

 

[Randy_The_Squirrel]

I find it difficult to comment without knowing the terms of reference. How do you determine the risk to your company by copying your data to a cloud service? Who's else has access to it besides you? What are the data/information laws that apply to that country, etc, etc? Data is the new gold these days!

Valid point...
How secure is this so-called service too?

 

[kianm]

I find it difficult to comment without knowing the terms of reference. How do you determine the risk to your company by copying your data to a cloud service? Who's else has access to it besides you? What are the data/information laws that apply to that country, etc, etc? Data is the new gold these days!

This. Very important

 

[Mr Scratch]

Considering this comes with Cloud Drive, it's an excellent deal. If shipping wasn't a pain, I would buy one.