I glanced at several cloud style options, including AWS. My problem with these is two fold:
1 - getting the files to and from them is a much bigger deal than you'd think. Use physical transport and you get additional security and control issues, use the net and costs skyrocket.
2 - I did not find anybody's security promises credible.
Basically I do not believe that using servers shared with others and run by people you don't know and can't get to ( for example none of the 3 I contacted would/could tell me how many people had physical and/or electronic access to the hardware, particularly disk. All 3 nattered about how great their controls are instead ) makes sense where data is extremely valuable and leaks, especially if uncaught, could destroy the company.
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