(Archived) putting the local database in the cloud, too

[mkayi 5]

Sorry, I don't know any longer if this is only a dimwitted or already a tricky question:

After reading wide open databases and stumbling over jungledisk and dropbox cloud storage services in the thread I read a lot about the said services and just now wondered: If you can put the local db into a truecrypt container, can the same be done with a service which provides encrypted cloud file storage by providing a folder which behaves like a mounted directory (which is what dropbox and jungledisk do if I got them right).

on a slightly related note: isn't it strange how cloud computing turns our super-duper power machines into blunt ultra-thin clients? Deja vu... it's all so ...70s?

[BurgersNFries 2,407]

I backup my EN files to an encrypted bucket on Jungle Disk.

[engberg 89]

You can back up your local database files in lots of different online backup services, but this is different from using them as a live source for your data. Your primary database needs to reside on your local hard drive for performance and data integrity.