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[-] LengAwaits@lemmy.world 37 points 3 days ago

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

[-] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago
[-] DokPsy@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago

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

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

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

[-] Anivia@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago

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

[-] wrekone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 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 2 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

[-] LengAwaits@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/the-3-2-1-backup-strategy/

This person lost 3 months of work because they couldn't be assed to backup their data despite having three months to do so.

Never trust an OS, or a piece of software, to protect you. Protect yourself.

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