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by Sebb767 1652 days ago
On the other hand, backups as an afterthought is what leaves you paying ransoms. I prefer to think about backups directly when setting up the machine, since grouping data directories can help a lot with backup strategies later on. Of course, making sure you're the only one on the machine is step 1, but at least I like to set up backups before placing any serious data on the machine, it's a part of the initial setup for me.