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Backup philosophy #71

Open hieuhtr opened 7 years ago

hieuhtr commented 7 years ago

Mindset

3-2-1 Backup strategy
Restore strategy is more important than backup strategy
Testing backup plans would not be a bad idea. If we don't test backups, we don't have them. We must recheck backup/restore plans monthly, quarterly or yearly

3-2-1 Rule

3 means: having at least 3 total copies of data

- local machine
- external hard drive/removeable disk device
- cloud storage

2 means: keep the backed-up data on 2 different storage types
```
- local machine
- cloud
```

1 means: having at least 1 copy offsite

Even if you have two copies on two separate storage types but both are stored onsite, 
a local disaster could wipe out both of them. 
Keep a third copy in an offsite location, like the cloud.