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Jun 23
2009
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Backup: The Rule of ThreePosted by: Micah Walter in Gear Guides |
Backing up your digital media, documents, and other important files is a hot topic. Personally I try to follow a pretty simple concept called "The Rule of Three." This rule is easy to remember, and fairly simple to implement. You can customize it however you see fit, so long as you are still following the rule.
- Keep your files in three locations
- Backup your files following three different schedules
- Utilize three types of media
I know this may seem like a lot of work, but it's really not that bad. For example, if I do hourly incremental backups to my Time Capsule, daily backups to an online service like Amazon S3, and a monthly backup to DVD or Blue Ray disk, mailed to my friends house, I have met the requirements of the rule. Time Capsule is just a hard drive, DVD or Blue Ray is an optical media, and Amazon S3 is, well, whatever you want to think of it as! This gives me a full backup in my house for local access, a remotely available version on S3, and a version for safe keeping on disc at my friends house.
