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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Seconded.<br>
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I'm as paranoid as Brian when it comes to my data - but the FISA
cannot make USI or VISI or any of those give up information <i>from
my computer</i> and the piece of mind of the data center is
almost enough for me to make the plunge - except that I'm not
generating enough income to colo my own stuff - and my data
use/storage is too great for the cloud (Rackspace's cost for my
7TB of data is $650/month - ouch. I could rebuild my server five
times a year for that price).<br>
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But my employer might be doing a colo solution and, if that
happens I'll be running just my backup web and email server on
that machine - maybe before I do the same at Rackspace.<br>
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Your security is what you make of it and it always will be. If
you're ignorant of the possible issues the you're almost asking
for the hacks - but if you're overly proactive and paranoid about
the possibilities then you need to live with the consequences -
like power and service outages or the exceptionally high cost of
installation of redundant sources of electricity.<br>
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My car engine is not the greatest generator of electricity but it
works in a pinch - and I've been known to run a 400W inverter on
it to bridge the difference in a power outage during a critical
time. Just enough to trickle the UPS back to full so that I can
run over to the gas station and refill the tank (I've done this
twice in the last 10 years - not ideal but it does work in a
pinch).<br>
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On 6/25/2013 7:30 AM, Erik Anderson wrote:<br>
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<div>I'm fine with a padlock for my bicycle, but not the
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<div>I enjoy the challenge of building a data center from
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OK, *there's* the real reason. You enjoy the challenge. Great!</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">I must say, though, It's silly to
suggest that the security (with or without padlock) of a
well-designed, well-monitored datacenter is somehow inferior
to keeping a server in the office. There are *so* many
benefits other than security that come along with hosting in a
datacenter - if your operation keeps growing, you'll likely
need to consider real datacenter space at some point. From a
cost perspective, it's just not feasible to think individual
small companies can even come close to the level of security,
reliability, connectivity, and environmental conditions
offered by a professional datacenter.<br>
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