Horror of Horrors - **UPDATE**

[Daylon]

Well, true. But first, baby steps, kenw, baby steps.

First the external hard drive, then somewhere down the line the N+1 geographically load-balanced hotsite with real time data sync via multiple redundant peering arrangements. Data is then backed up to tape and sent via armed courier to secure hardened vault in Cheyenne Mountain...



D.

But you're right, backup to device in same geographic location isn't really backing up.

Originally Posted by kenw

a backup located in the same area (room, building) is not a backup. Fire, theft, flood can wipe them both out.

store the external drive somewhere else, use a backup service, or save to CD/DVD and keep them in separate/ remote locations. Nothing is guaranteed, but the idea is to minimize the potential for total loss.