>>>>Thank you for your input. When I replace my HDD with SSD I will implement a more frequent backup routine. Maybe finally get to back up to a cloud.
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>>>I would never do that unless for temporary emergencies. Physical is the only way really under your control (and a chance of knowing your security was breached)
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>>I do backup to an external hard drive. But they say it is a good idea to have a back up outside of the place of work (for me my home office), just in case. I can backup to a USB drive and put it in the bank safe deposit but it would require frequent trips back and forth. This is why I thought that a back up to a cloud (maybe once a week) would not be a bad idea. I have not checked what is available and the cost yet. So it is just a thought.
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>Current external HD goes into on-premise safe. Whenever I go to one of the 2 banks where I rent safe deposit, that one goes into bank safe.
>I keep 3 older HD versions in different places in the house, in case I miss out going to bank.
>Main risks I try to guard against is stolen HW plus backup stolen as well, therefore redundancy on premise and 2 vaults.
>Earthquake should not hit 3 different locations (on premise, 2 banks) that hard.
>A-Bomb will probably kill me as well, as my lineage is not that close to cockroach, for the rest security is in redundancy ;-)
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>Newest data often goes to USB stick - but I distrust the crypto security of cloud services - even if owning physical HW, such centers are more luring targets...
You are right about having concern of security of cloud services. All your suggestions makes sense. But I am concerned that if I put the backups in different places in the house, I won't find them when I need to :).
I don't even want to think about A-Bomb :)
Thank you for your input.
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