One of the requirements of any proper data system is having the data properly stored, archived, and readily available. This has led many of us to data warehousing solutions with data stored on various types of media in various locations.
No single location can be considered truly secure. If the data are really important, the storage facilities must not only be geographically separated, but also in dissimilar locations. Why run the risk of using storage facilities in high profile targets like New York and San Francisco if you had the option of a data warehouse in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. (Where? you ask. Thats the point.)
Overkill? Maybe, until you consider that weve just completed a century that spawned almost continuous warfarenot to mention the advent of nuclear weapons, electromagnetic pulses, ethnic and social genocide, and two world wars. And this century has begun to march on a similar path of violence and destruction. Better opt for geographical diversity.
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