![]() As part of that backup, my Dropbox folder is protected again. In addition, my laptop is backed up to a different device daily. Also, as a result, I don't pay extra for their packrat service. For example, right now it is going to "DB Backup Q2-2013." This gives me some historical archive, in addition to simple data protection. Each quarter, I redirect that data to a different directory. Personally, I have a product that synchronizes my Dropbox folder to a RAID protected network attached Drobo 5N. You don't want your data to be the casualty of some broad failure or denial of service attack. Outages at Amazon and others have been well-documented. Public services are prone to mistakes just like any standard IT department. Why? Mostly, it is for 'just in case' situations. We suggest making a backup copy of your Dropbox data even if you are a packrat subscriber. You can also subscribe to their "packrat" service that will keep versions of files almost indefinitely. From a protection/recovery perspective, Dropbox provides some basic tools, like version tracking and undelete. ![]() ![]() ![]() At Storage Switzerland, we use Dropbox, since most of our data is going to be published publicly anyway. ![]()
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