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[–] LengAwaits@lemmy.world 39 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Looks like someone forgot about the 3-2-1 rule. Teachable moment.

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (6 children)
[–] DokPsy@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago (4 children)

3 backups: 2 different places/media on-site 1 off-site

[–] wrekone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What about 2 offsite and 1 onsite? That's been my approach, mostly due to storage limitations onsite.

[–] DokPsy@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

As long as the off-site isn't the same location or method of access, that's generally fine. Essentially, you want to make sure you have a way to get at the data no matter what happens.

Fire/damage on location: pull off-site such as online backup Internet down: pull hardware based backup

Contingency plans, essentially

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