• 7112@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Nothing on a digital service.

    Digital copies are a great way to have backups. Just don’t store your media with a third party.

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      14 days ago

      And if the data is important and difficult to redownload, remember the 3-2-1 backup rule. You can rely on a third party but not completely.

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      12 days ago

      Passive digital data is in fact the only thing that can be perfectly preserved as long as a sufficient number of copies exist and are replicated before the media rots.

      Along with backups, keep checksums and check for bit rot regularly! Also make sure that recovery works by testing.