On 30 Sep 2024 13:12 -0400, from hunguponcont...@gmail.com (Default User): >> Having both drives connected and spinning simultaneusly creates a >> window of opportunity for some nasty ransomware (or a software bug, >> mistake, power surge, whatever) to destroy both backups.
Also why I would not want all backup-storage devices connected simultaneously. All it takes is one piece of software going haywire and you may have a situation where both the original and all backups are corrupted simultaneously. >> Of course it is safer to always have one copy offline. > > True. But easier (and cheaper) said than done. [...] Not at all. Backup to one of those external drives one day; the other one the next; the first one the day after that; and so on. It seems to me that you already have everything you need to remove this particular failure mode. You just need to tweak your usage slightly. I do that myself, except I switch approximately weekly rather than daily. -- Michael Kjörling 🔗 https://michael.kjorling.se “Remember when, on the Internet, nobody cared that you were a dog?”
