Just A Reminder
No one cares about your data as much as you do.
Many users are experiencing disruption with Google Drive cloud storage and file backup today. According to Down Detector, more than 7,000 users have reported issues including the app not loading, inability to access files and broken synching. It's not the first time Drive has gone wonky. The last major outage back in January …
i was scoffed at by senior management for keeping our data onsite where i have 2 insependent backups and a resilient hot storage all in separate buildings. but we wouldnt need this expensive infrastructure in rhe cloud they said. one day there was an outage of internet on our primary 100mb line. the backup wireless is only 10mb and our cloud apps were slow enough to show mgmnt the error of their thoughts. never mind an outage of the actual provider.....
I wonder if it's the result of the Drive File Stream roll out and the announced death of the Google Drive app as announced in this googleblog post.
Well, the number of thousands isn't specified and the article is only quoting a single source.
As it's working for me the percentage might be as high as (2,000,000,000,000 - 1) / 2,000,000,000,000 x 100 which in my pedantic example is roughly 99.99999999995%
I'm bound to have made a mistake in the maths, I've been drinking this afternoon!
Is it? Supports 2FA, supports removal of downloaded files from devices, can lock out devices, can enforce device patch level and anti-virus policy, supports immediate lockout of expired users, supports restrictions on download and print. Logs every file access, and whether it was downloaded or just viewed in a browser.
even if the server(s) hosting the files is(are) in Russia or Switzerland, that's still under USA jurisdiction... well, at least according to them
e.g.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/26/supremes_microsoft_warrant_case/
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/20/google_must_provide_overseas_gmail_data/
No outsourced cloud here, but I do feel for those who are using it. Then again... maybe I should just gloat and smirk? Maybe it's just me, but I'm not comfortable letting others hold onto (and probably mine) my data or worse, lose it, corrupt it, etc.
I suspect I feel this way because of the dot com bust and the many folks who lost massive piles of stuff (for some value of "piles") when many companies went bust and shut down their servers overnight. It was a hard lesson which seems to have been lost to history.
"Really?"
If his Synology box is in house he wouldn't be affected by loss of an internet connection and power loss is neutral: if he lost that it wouldn't matter whether cloud storage was up or not because the rest of his office facilities would have been taken out.
Multi site resilence, global access and real-time sync are worthless if Google has a problem with your data or your local internet access is down. It is hard to beat multiple on-site backups paired with an off-site backup. One company I provide guidance insisted on putting a critical application "in the cloud" (no option for local backups or local cloud service). In the last year, that application was down two times for an entire day each time because of an issue with the cloud service servers.
In the last 20 years with all local servers, they were down for one day to deal with a ransomware attack that came in through an e-mail attachment. Most of that time was to ensure that none of the other computers and servers on the local network were infected with the ransomware.
Well, in my case I do have a power station. It is called the Sun. Like an increasing number of people, I have some PV Panels on my roof (2.4KWh). I also have a Battery system 34KWh. This is primarily used to charge my car (Nissan Leaf) but has plenty of electrons to spare. Even today with the heavy overcast skies the battery is being charged.
Like many, I have my own LAN (three different VLANS) and my QNAP NAS is backed up another system (SYNOLOGY) that is located 60ft away in my Garage, using 2x 1GB Ethernet Links burried 5ft down and separate from the power feed.
so yes, doing it myself is safer.
Many El Reg readers (including you perhaps) could too if they wanted to.
@rmason
Synology? have you even READ their EULA? Their management software and firmware can come with "audit" spyware built-in and it's written right there in the EULA that you have to agree to when you first configure the NAS. Their software = agent authorized by Synology. The built-in remote kill switch is also covered by the EULA.
https://www.synology.com/en-global/company/legal/terms_EULA
Section 7. Audit. Synology will have the right to audit your compliance with the terms of this EULA. You agree to grant Synology a right to access to your facilities, equipment, books, records and documents and to otherwise reasonably cooperate with Synology in order to facilitate any such audit by Synology or its agent authorized by Synology.
Section 15. Termination. Without prejudice to any other rights, Synology may terminate this EULA if you do not abide by the terms and conditions contained herein. In such event, you must cease use of the Software and destroy all copies of the Software and all of its component parts.
"component parts" = your data. it's a component part of the NAS.
just saw one of the key features of the new tool
Stream files on demand
since Youtube was given a facelift recently, that video streaming feature in Drive will probably have a similar interface to the new Youtube.
https://support.google.com/a/answer/7491633
since Youtube was given a facelift recently, that video streaming feature in Drive will probably have a similar interface to the new Youtube.
You mean the YT interface that loads a white page with a blank black rectangle for the video, and takes another minute or two to decide to load more of the page? Yeah, not excited about that prospect.