"Our NAS takes snapshots, so we have backup"
Snapshots protect against accidental deletion, not against fire, theft or a targeted ransomware attack on the NAS itself.
Try this first
- 1Ask yourself: if this NAS were gone tomorrow (stolen, burned, encrypted), is a copy elsewhere? If no, this is not backup.
- 2A snapshot is point-in-time on the same volume. An attacker who lands admin access deletes them, or the volume fails and they all go with it.
- 3Add at least one offsite target: cloud (S3, Backblaze B2, Wasabi), a second NAS at another location, or immutable cloud storage. That is your second medium.
- 4Verify at least twice a year that you can actually restore from that offsite copy. A target you never restore from is an assumption, not a backup.
When to bring us in
We design 3-2-1 setups for SMB that do not cost thousands a month. If you have snapshots but no offsite, we help with the gap analysis and a fitting addition.
See also
- We have backups but we do not know if they workA backup that cannot be restored is not a backup. Testing matters as much as taking the backup.
- Suspected ransomware: what to do RIGHT NOWThe first 30 minutes are critical. One wrong move spreads the damage. Read before acting.
- Someone accidentally deleted an important folderUsually fine to recover. The trick: do not save anything new on that drive until you know how.
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