Wilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoGoogle Accidentally Deleted $125 Billion Pension Fund's Accountgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down17
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minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down3·10 months agoThis is a “one of a kind” error. OK, that it can happen at all is a problem. And sorry, but the idiots who put their data in with Google should be fired. I get offloading risk, little good will that do when your company goes tits up.
minus-squareslimarev92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·10 months agoWhere would you put their data then? Self hosting is not exactly safe either. At the end of the day, every approach has its tradeoffs. Using a reputable cloud provider is a very valid choice.
This is a “one of a kind” error.
OK, that it can happen at all is a problem. And sorry, but the idiots who put their data in with Google should be fired.
I get offloading risk, little good will that do when your company goes tits up.
Where would you put their data then? Self hosting is not exactly safe either.
At the end of the day, every approach has its tradeoffs. Using a reputable cloud provider is a very valid choice.