[geeks] Cheap/reliable backup?

[Mouse]

>> As for the 'provider going out of business' issue, that's why I
>> paired a cloud solution with a near-field solution (local disk
>> backup).  If you backup locally AND on a cloud, you've got 3 copies
>> of your data - the original, your local backup and the cloud backup
>> - you have to lose all three to suffer data loss.
> The way things have been going lately, the cloud seems the least
> reliable even though technically it's the most reliable.

So, say, pick eight cloud providers and do an (8,3) secret-split and
give them the shares.  You can lose any five of them and still be able
to recover your data - and no two or fewer of them can deduce your data
even when cooperating.  Adjust the numbers to suit your levels of
paranoia about loss and about collusion to recover your data without
your approval.

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