On 28Dec2019 07:32, Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 2019-12-25 05:51, Cameron Simpson wrote:
We keep 2 backups: an "online" one which is updated regularly and an "offline" one which lives in a drawer where accidents won't happen to it.
What does "online" (in quotes) mean?
Unmounted, but routinely plugged in so that it can be updated with cron,
or just on a whim.
The "offline" one lives in a drawer, as a hedge against accidental
damage and casual theft. The scenario here, aside from accidents, is
malicious programmes when eat not just your primary data but accessable
backups.
I ask since, until now, I don't recall anyone mentioning the 2 most important words when it comes
to backups. "Off-Site".
Oh, aye. Something i need to fix. My source repo is off site, but the
bulky stuff isn't.
I know the chances are small, but not zeo, that one's house could catch fire or suffer another catastrophe.
But if it does, that "drive in a drawer" is not likely to survive.
Correct.
I had neighbours once who worked from home. They were almost always
around. However, they were renting and the owner put the place on the
market, and thus put interior shots on websites. During that time, in a
window of about an hour when they were both out, they got cleaned out,
including their backup drives.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx>
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