Today is #WorldBackupDay.

Honeytree

cPFence

Honeytree

Yeah, backups are the only truly unbreakable security layer, but only if done right.

Backup Tips for Enhance Newcomers:

Do yourself a favor and use the built-in Enhance incremental backup system. It’s cheaper, more efficient, and will save you major headaches when disaster strikes. Ditch those outdated S3 full backups, they’re slow, expensive, and unnecessary with what Enhance offers.
If you’re running a mission-critical business, always back up your backups. A single point of failure is never a good idea.
Show your local machine some love. Keep a copy of your important files in the cloud, and use a solid password manager that syncs across devices. Firefox’s built-in password manager is surprisingly good for both mobile apps and website logins.

JohnB

Honeytree And the condition of a backup can and should be known by TESTING them frequently. I'd argue that most organizations don't do this properly and one day they will get unlucky. The only way to know a backup is good and useful is to test your disaster recovery procedures with said backups.

Really sucks to find out the ransomeware that caused the disaster already infected months of backups or they are corrupted in some other way. Or more specific to Enhance, maybe version 11 backups don't restore so well on a version 12 fresh installation.

As to cPFence #2-3 your backups should be completely seperated from each other. Everything related to backup #1 should be able to disappear and not affect backup #2.

For example, backup #1 provider's entire network could go down worldwide and a volcano erupt under the region where my data is stored. Backup #2 is still safe. Half my clients probably won't be needing their data anymore but... I did my part lol.

standtech

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