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[-] DokPsy@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago

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

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

technically isn't a vcs supposed to be one of those different places?

[-] Anivia@feddit.org 6 points 2 days ago

Yes, but the OP went 3 months without it and then messed up during setup

[-] wrekone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

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

[-] DokPsy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day 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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