> Don't ever trust your university with data. Make yourself multiple backups More generally: make sure you DR plan, even the simple "I have a backup" one that

> Don't ever trust your university with data. Make yourself multiple backups More generally: make sure you DR plan, even the simple "I have a backup" one that most people use, involves a second provider (which in some circumstances is your own local resources). Even if the people keeping your data safe on a daily basis are entirely competent, bad things can happen and with centralised control they can happen to many people at once. Even if all the data can be restored you may not be a priority so if you need urgent access to the data having on off-provider copy you can take it from is a godsend. Of course in a commercial setting or some university/research settings, maintaining an off-provider copy of any data may be a _massive_ policy breach. Or even a legal problem is it involves personal or other sensitive data.