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5  <info>
6    <link type="guide" xref="backup-why"/>
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8    <revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="review"/>
9    <revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-20" status="review"/>
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11    <credit type="author">
12      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
13      <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
14    </credit>
15    <credit type="author">
16      <name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
17      <email>tiffany.antopolski@gmail.com</email>
18    </credit>
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22    <desc>Advice on where to store your backups and what type of storage device
23    to use.</desc>
24  </info>
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26<title>Where to store your backup</title>
27
28  <p>You should store backup copies of your files somewhere separate from your
29 computer — on an external hard disk, for example. That way, if the computer
30 breaks, or is lost or is stolen, the backup will still be intact. For maximum
31 security, you shouldn’t keep the backup in the same building as your computer.
32 If there is a fire or theft, both copies of the data could be lost if they are
33 kept together.</p>
34
35  <p>It is important to choose an appropriate <em>backup medium</em> too. You
36 need to store your backups on a device that has sufficient disk capacity for
37 all of the backed-up files.</p>
38
39   <list style="compact">
40    <title>Local and remote storage options</title>
41    <item>
42      <p>USB memory key (low capacity)</p>
43    </item>
44    <item>
45      <p>Internal disk drive (high capacity)</p>
46    </item>
47    <item>
48      <p>External hard disk (typically high capacity)</p>
49    </item>
50    <item>
51      <p>Network-connected drive (high capacity)</p>
52    </item>
53    <item>
54      <p>File/backup server (high capacity)</p>
55    </item>
56    <item>
57     <p>Writable CDs or DVDs (low/medium capacity)</p>
58    </item>
59    <item>
60     <p>Online backup service
61     (<link href="http://aws.amazon.com/s3/">Amazon S3</link>, for example;
62     capacity depends on price)</p>
63    </item>
64   </list>
65
66  <p>Some of these options have sufficient capacity to allow for a backup of
67 every file on your system, also known as a <em>complete system backup</em>.</p>
68</page>
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