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Nightly backup is all very well, but what counts is the number of parallel generations they keep. If they always back up to the same device (or only two devices), there's a high chance that the backups will be corrupted too.
I remember when I was at work, our computer unit had a three-backup system. Two disks were used for alternate nightly backups, and a third was used once a week as a long-stop.
And this story has nothing to do with politics. It could just as easily have happened to the Republican party, so stop gloating, Jeebizz.
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