> ...store three copies each in two locations. > ...decide if the format is beginning to disappear and it's time to create six new copies in a modern format.

> ...store three copies each in two locations. > ...decide if the format is beginning to disappear and it's time to create six new copies in a modern format. This is funny to me because you might end up with way too many copies to manage. But the advice about formats and the backups needing to be "alive" is good, even if nobody might want to hear that due to it needing procedures built around it. Most people would simply want to make backups and have them sit somewhere for decades, which sadly isn't as reliable of an approach.