It's World Backup Day

You guys know my mantra about backup, right?  

Well, I'm going to post it again.  It's the BIG 3.

Local, external hard drive (EHD) or flash drive, and off-site.

1) Local means backing up in backup software on your computer.  However, if you have a hard drive (HD) crash or system failure, you may be out of luck.

2) EHD's give you the security of having another source of your back up, and make sure you store them safely. However, EHD's and flash drives can fail, or you can mistakenly erase them. Gulp.

The above is useless if you have a fire or other catastrophe or they fail on you.

Yes, you can store your EHD in a safety deposit box or a fireproof safe, rated with a high burn time. And that's not a bad idea, but what if you have to drive to the bank ... will you do it all the time? 

3) My third prong in my backup attack is to use off-site backup.  And my choice for this is BackBlaze.  I've used them for years and trust them.  If you need a single file or your entire system, it's there for you. 

I don't think $6/month is too much to pay to have my photographs, work...basically, life backed up continuously. YES, continuously.  

They will back up each HD on your computer and each EHD that you have attached continuously.  Yes, all that for $6/month. 

If you have more than one computer to back up, it's another $6/month. 

Be safe, BACK UP now and check out BackBlaze, they are my trusted partner.