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--- backups [2019/08/09 09:07] – neil
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 There is a trade-off to be struck between having regular, automated backups, and disconnecting them from your network. You might want to alternative between backup discs, always keeping one isolated from your network, so that you always have a good, tested, offline backup available.
+This could be as simple as a USB key which you have encrypted, onto which you copy your most important files (both "working" files and key settings/configuration files) on a regular, diarised basis. When you want to use it, you plug it into your computer, copy the files across, unmount, and then remove it - you do not keep it plugged into your computer.
+Because USB keys are cheap, this is a simple, cost effective, mitigation.
+You might want to attach a keyring to the USB key, with the name of your machine on it, so that you remember that that USB key is your backup key.
+If you want to make things easier for yourself, you could write a small script to copy across the files that you want automatically.
+A tool like `rsync` means that you will only need to copy across new files or files which have changed (and, depending on how you set it, it may remove deleted files, or keep them). The first run of it copies everything, and then subsequent runs only transfer the delta, making it faster.
 ==== Keep a backup in a different physical location ====