Originally Posted by
SpringHeeledJack
For me 'cloud' storage is a non-starter, mostly due to the bad experiences of others,
Not sure what those "bad experiences" you refer to are but in terms of data security and safety a good cloud storage solution from a reputable supplier will be by far and away the safest and most secure option. All data storage mediums will fail at some point (it is not a case of if but when) and a commercial data centre should have multiple redundant systems in place to ensure data is not lost in the event of failures. Their firewalls and security measures are likely to be far superior to anything you have on your internet connected devices at home. Also the fact that your backup is in a remote location guards against risks such as fire or flooding, if all your backups are in one location a major disaster could destroy all of them which kind of defeats the point of having a backup.