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Old Jan 26, 2011, 1:27 pm
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Originally Posted by cordelli
I have always said people who use computers fall mostly into two categories

1) those who needed a backup and did not have one and now do

2) those who do not have backups but will one day need one
I would add:

3) Those who had a backup and it didn't work and now keep multiple backups on different media in different locations.

My current approach is RAID 1 on main system + Nightly backup to two separate disks (NAS + USB) + critical/current files on Drop Box.

Drop Box has the additional advantage that I have access to files from my desktop and laptop at all times, plus they are stored in the cloud if everything breaks.
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