rsync for backup is a recipe for disaster if you don't realize you just rsynced and overwriten good data with corrupted or ransomwared data. If you want to use

rsync for backup is a recipe for disaster if you don't realize you just rsynced and overwriten good data with corrupted or ransomwared data. If you want to use rsync, do rsync and snapshots...and those snapshots should automatically made on the remote destination (can be just a daily cron), only accessible read only from the source machine without having any administrative rights to tamper them.