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World Backup Day (www.worldbackupday.com)
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It's World Backup Day again. Good opportunity to check if your backup mechanisms work as intended.

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[-] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just have my phone set to syncthimg between a second drive on my pc and the home folder on the pc rsync to the same drive. I need an external provider to back that up.

[-] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Sorry to be that guy but replicating / syncing isn't really backing up.

You need snap shots or versioning.

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