Comment on How long do you keep your backups?
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
As long as I have space. My backups are on dedicated drives, and as they run out of space the old ones are deleted.
Comment on How long do you keep your backups?
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
As long as I have space. My backups are on dedicated drives, and as they run out of space the old ones are deleted.
I guess OPs question is more about what makes you comfortable.
Is your drive only big enough for 2 backups or is it big enough for hundreds? If it was half that size would you still be happy with the number of backups? A quarter of the size?
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Kinda depends on what it’s for. My server? IDK, 2 days. Maybe have a dedicated weekly/monthly backup left behind. PC? Honestly just the latest is fine.
But it’s a 10tb drive, so I’ve got months of backups even if they’re running continuously. It’s less a how comfortable I am and more a how much can I afford. (a lot more before the shortage)
I have about 750GB of irreplaceable files on my server so I want a really solid history. A couple of days backup is no where near enough to give me peace of mind 😅
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
3 2 1 offsite backups typically happen a lot less often than local copies or local backups.
I also don’t really consider any machines data to be irreplaceable. If I lose my phone I want the latest backup. But taxes or photos I care for? Those are an entirely different backup, and those aren’t incremental. They’re just what they are.