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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week 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