There is a veritable plethora of online backup services in existence while computer drive prices continue to drop. Even blank Blu-ray disks and solid-state drives are continuing to get cheaper. It begs the question: If local computer backups are cheaper to maintain, then why on Earth would anyone want to use an online backup service? In these days of what I would call a technological glut, even big businesses should consider local computer backups instead of high-priced online backup services. In this context, "local" does not mean in the same office or even in the same building.

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Back in December, I wrote about how one of my external hard drives died for apparently no reason at all (and another had previously failed a drop test at the Los Angeles airport). My intention was to get two USB hard drive enclosures to put the hard drives in, provided they still worked. As with anything in life, my plans changed. It was unintentional, but nonetheless predictable. I decided I should turn them into internal hard drives and forgo the hunt for decent enclosures in Olongapo or San Fernando.

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