On Mi, 30 dec 20, 13:29:05, Marc Auslander wrote: > > IMHO, there are two levels of backup. The more common use is to undo > user error - deleting the wrong thing or changing something and wanting > to back out. For that, backups on the same system are the most > convenient. And if its on the same system, and you have raid1, you > don't need a separate physical drive. > > The second is of course disaster recovery, a very low probability > event - and I backup in the cloud and occasionally on removable media > for that. What's the benefit of the "first" level if you also have the "second" and is it worth the extra complexity?
In my opinion a good backup system should be able to easily deal with both use cases. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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