so where was the data in a actual cloud? you have no clue you fool. It's still a server, a physical machine. if you think data is stored in open space, it's next to your brain.
Dumbshit...it's on like 1400 machines...that's how the cloud works.
Gonna impound them all?
They image the hard drives...That's how THAT works.
this makes zero sense.
if they're cloud based, then they don't usually have access to these hard drives. the virtual machines can be loaded from an image but they will change soon after according to business needs. they would need to impound the entire cloud server farm if even possible depending on the cloud farm design to get them all, if they are indeed virtual.
what i am asking for is how you know there are 1400 servers OF WHICH would be "virtual" OF WHICH would be on a server farm large enough to hold 1400 virtual machines.
at this point you simply have zero clue as to what you are talking about so asking for a link to the server configuration is pointless because you have no idea how IT departments configure things to begin with.
now, can you tell me where you got the 1400 # from? that's a lot of servers for the DNC to be sure, virtual or otherwise.