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The 3-2-1 rule, restated for 2025
The 3-2-1 backup rule is forty years old. It still works — but the way photographers should actually implement it in 2025 looks nothing like the way IBM described it in 1985.
Patrick Meehan · 8 min read · Oct 8, 2025
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What fixity actually means (and why we put it on the homepage)
Fixity is the boring word for the thing that decides whether your archive is real. Here's why we built it into the product instead of leaving it to the storage vendor.
Patrick Meehan · 5 min read · Aug 4, 2025
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Hard drives are not a backup
Why a closet shelf of externals isn't a plan — with math, drive failure rates, and a recovery story you don't want to live through.
Patrick Meehan · 4 min read · Jul 14, 2025