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Re:A Million Ways to Die on the Web by achairapart on Thursday January 18, 2024 @06:39AM (#39040584)
I know at least one startup that closed its doors because they lost both production and backup data on that OVH data center.
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Re:A Million Ways to Die on the Web by Snow_Falls on Thursday January 18, 2024 @07:46AM (#39041050)
And that's why 3-2-1 specifies to have one _offsite_ backup
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Re:A Million Ways to Die on the Web by dspillett on Thursday January 18, 2024 @08:14AM (#39041269)
Preferably with a completely different provider, in case something takes out there entire network somehow (or they go out of business).

But make sure you check where the other provider is hosted: I read it one user (individual, not a startup or other company) who had backups of stuff on a shared host with a second shared host. It turned out that they were both running on servers in that one OVH DC and they were cheap hosts with no better backup/dr plan themselves...

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Re:A Million Ways to Die on the Web by pixl97 on Thursday January 18, 2024 @10:08AM (#39042585)
https://xkcd.com/908/
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Re:A Million Ways to Die on the Web by NoZebra120vClip on Thursday January 18, 2024 @11:47AM (#39044048)
I'm gonna Craigslist all your stuff! https://xkcd.com/1150/
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