Are All Copies Backups?
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@Dashrender said:
LOL even they don't trust their ability to restore your data. iCloud isn't O365. Hell OneDrive isn't O365. I wouldn't expect either service to have any onus toward recoverability of my data unless it's specifically in their TOS.
Considering my recent (and andgoing) issue with iCloud, I am starting to get a little nervous.
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TL:DR rest of thread:
A copy is a copy,.. I can have 30 copies of a document,... but the one I'm working on could get lost or damaged. But I haven't copied back to the other 29 locations,.. so I've lost hours of work.
A back up - a true back up looks at the original.. Better to have 20 backups theAn 20 copies.
And a good back up is only as valid as the last tested restore.
Yes @NattNatt ----thAn; speed typing... smh
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@gjacobse "Better to have 20 backups Than 20 copies" I assume you mean?
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I think of copies and backups like this: a backup is a conscious effort to protect your data, while a copy is just a duplicate of your data. Backups are most likely run on a regular schedule, and offer some way to easily restore the data when needed, as well as check to make sure that they're working correctly..You may be diligent enough to copy your files after each change, but most likely,you're not. If you don't make a new copy with each change, or even once daily, how useful is a copy if you need to restore from it? Also, how do you check to ensure that the copy hasn't been corrupted?
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So this is computer existentialism?
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I think you're getting two separate things mixed up needlessly.
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Intentional backups / backup strategy
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Potential sources of data to recover from
Bottom line, if you're in a position to need to recover stuff it makes lots of sense to look at both 1 and 2. Should you depend on 2? Hell no, that's the whole point of 1.
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To me.
A Backup is a read only copy that can not be alterted.. Otherwise it's living data, And you can not verify the data has not changed/added or removed since the backup was taken.
