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Business backups: the 3-2-1 rule and how to prove your backup works
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The most common mistakes
- Backups on a disk in the same room as the server
- Manual backups that get forgotten
- Never testing a restore
- An always-connected copy that gets encrypted with the data in a ransomware attack
- Not knowing who holds the passwords and storage accounts
A simple plan that suits most companies
- Automatic daily database backups
- A fast local copy for quick restores
- An encrypted off-site cloud copy
- Weekly and monthly retention points
- A monthly or quarterly restore test with documented results
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How often should we back up?
As often as you can afford to lose: if a day’s work is unacceptable to lose, back up more than daily.