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Back up your files, or else: Here’s my easy 3-2-1 routine – and how to build yours
Most people don’t know they need a backup strategy until they lose something important. But protecting yourself from data disaster is much easier than you think.
The 3-2-1 backup rule is what data security experts recommend. It’s easy to follow, using popular cloud services and free backup software. Backups work best when they’re automatic, but be sure to verify them. One of the best loved movies ever made almost disappeared before it was released, because an engineer working on a Unix workstation accidentally deleted the contents of an entire server. It is the ultimate cautionary backup tale. Pixar Studios had a backup of Toy Story 2, but no one had ever tested the backup, and of course Murphy’s Law says … well, you can probably guess the rest. The backup was corrupted, and the studio was about to suffer a catastrophic $100 million loss. (It was 1998, and $100 million was a lot of money back then.) The studio eventually recovered everything through a fortunate chain of events — an employee…
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