The Golden Age of the Cloud

It's a fact that if you don't keep backups of your files you'll lose them. There are just so many t hings that can go wrong with your files that it's impossible to be careful enough with them that they never suffer any problems. Using cloud computing solutions such as Dropbox to secure your files has several advantages.

Redundancy

It's often easier with cloud computing to have redundancy. For example, with Dropbox, you can have multiple folders on different devices that are all connected together. This means that if something bad happens to any one device, you still copies of the files on every single other machine. They are like automatic backups.

Automatic Syncing

Another advantage of using the cloud as a backup is that it's easy to have all of your files backed up automatically with automatic folder syncing. After all, it's not like you can predict exactly when you're going to lose your files. You need the files you use to be backed up as soon as you create or edit them, without relying on whether, or on how fast, you hit the “Save” button.

Safe Locations

Another serious advantage of using cloud computing as a backup is that the files will also be stored at a different location from your original devices. Even if you have multiple different devices, it's true that these devices are often stored all in one location. This means that one calamity like a hurricane or a flood could completely destroy your original files and all of their backups. But it you're using cloud computing, then the files are often stored additionally at a separate serve in a totally different location. As long as you have one secure backup, you can still get your files back.

Another advantage to cloud computing is that you can access files remotely in an easy fashion. Many files can become quite large, like high definition video, for example, This means that it's pretty hard to ensure that you an store all of the files you want on remote devices that have very limited storage capacities. But, cloud computing options let you access the files remotely instead. So you can use your remote device such as a smart phone or a tablet merely as an access tool, rather than needing to actually store any files on it when you want to use them.