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minus-squarecfgaussian@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoI’d be a little paranoid having all my data on one disk. One bad disk crash and its all gone. I’d have to have at least two to make a backup.
minus-squarebesbin@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoAlways practice 3-2-1 if you really want to be safe. 3 copies, 2 different mediums, 1 off-site.
minus-squarecfgaussian@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoThat’s the ideal of course. In practice you can’t always be that thorough.
minus-squarecfgaussian@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoRedundant copies are a good thing to have if you’re interested in preserving data long term.
minus-squarePeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoi always practice just deleting all my shit randomly and then realizing I didn’t need any of that shit after all
I’d be a little paranoid having all my data on one disk. One bad disk crash and its all gone. I’d have to have at least two to make a backup.
Always practice 3-2-1 if you really want to be safe. 3 copies, 2 different mediums, 1 off-site.
That’s the ideal of course. In practice you can’t always be that thorough.
then you have redundant copies
Redundant copies are a good thing to have if you’re interested in preserving data long term.
i always practice just deleting all my shit randomly and then realizing I didn’t need any of that shit after all