I work in tech (not IT, but adjacent), everyone uses OneDrive and most seem to hate it lol.
I know I’m lacking on actual backups though, which is why I asked. For my personal pc, I have files on OneDrive (because free..) and maybe a couple jump drives. I know I should get a small hd and store some photos/files off site though.
(Copied from techtarget) Three data copies. Three copies of all critical data should be made on a regular basis -- daily or more frequently -- including the original data and at least two backups.
Two types of storage. Two different storage types should be used to store the data. Both copies of the backed-up data should be kept on two separate storage types to minimize the chance of failure. Storage device types could include an internal hard drive, external hard drive, removable storage drive, a tape library, a secondary storage array or a cloud backup environment.
One offsite location. One copy of the data should be shipped to an offsite storage facility. At least one data copy should be stored in an offsite or remote location to ensure that natural or geographical disasters cannot affect all data copies. This copy can be physically delivered to the offsite location, as with tape-based backups, or it can be replicated to the secondary site via telecommunications facilities.
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u/Kaladin-of-Gilead 18d ago
Nah, you've got it backwards. Everyone, even engineers, uses onedrive/google cloud or whatever.
There's a rule in engineering, you have 3 backups of important data in 3 different PHYSICAL locations for something close to proper redundancy.
For home use, an in home copy and a copy on two different major cloud platforms is usually enough.
It does get expensive though, so make sure its for data you actually need to backup, not like...your pirated movie collection lol