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<blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 93191" data-attributes="member: 9521"><p>Nice SS381 (...if that is your real name! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />) </p><p></p><p>I'm not an IT guy but I'm a bit of a wannabe computer nerd. I've done some networking but nothing in comparison to the real world. Which brings me to my question - when looking at external hard drives I see these drives designed for "cloud" back up. How exactly would an external be considered a "cloud" drive? In the past I thought "cloud" was just a term for utilizing network space, typically on the net so maybe I don't understand what they mean by cloud to begin with. Also, these so-called "cloud" HD all run about 2x the price of a similar sized HD, so I'm thinking there must be something different about them... right?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave_W, post: 93191, member: 9521"] Nice SS381 (...if that is your real name! ;)) I'm not an IT guy but I'm a bit of a wannabe computer nerd. I've done some networking but nothing in comparison to the real world. Which brings me to my question - when looking at external hard drives I see these drives designed for "cloud" back up. How exactly would an external be considered a "cloud" drive? In the past I thought "cloud" was just a term for utilizing network space, typically on the net so maybe I don't understand what they mean by cloud to begin with. Also, these so-called "cloud" HD all run about 2x the price of a similar sized HD, so I'm thinking there must be something different about them... right? [/QUOTE]
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