Make a backup NOW

6 points by rchipman 10y ago ↗ HN

I feel obligated to make a public service announcement after an incredibly close call today. I had my backpack stolen, and (luckily) was able to recover it hours later. Inside, was my computer. More importantly, inside was my data, and it was not backed up.

I have been intending to set up my backup system for a long time now, but hadn't yet found the time to do so. Somehow, I managed to convince myself that nothing bad would happen in the mean time; this was a wake-up call. Don't be like me. Start making backups. I'm doing it right now. I'm enjoying borg backup (https://github.com/borgbackup/borg).

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wikwocket 10y ago ↗

In a timely note, World Backup Day is March 31st: http://www.worldbackupday.com/en/

Sadly, in my experience, we only back stuff up after personally seeing a big loss. And there's a strong cobbler's-children effect: we who are technical and should have the best backups often forget to, because we're confident in the technology, or have too many other tasks on our lists.