That's why I said 2 copies :) 1) I have a second hard drive that has a copy of the files from the first drive (They are not raid and it makes saves mechanical

That's why I said 2 copies :) 1) I have a second hard drive that has a copy of the files from the first drive (They are not raid and it makes saves mechanical errors). It isn't for restoring the OS but for saving the file. I did play with a dd backup solution on a second drive but that wasn't very practical. rsync was way more practical for my needs as a content maker. 2) I have a home server that uses Crashplan that sends the files to their server. This is my offsite backup. If I accidentally delete a file this is where I get my backup copy.