I fully understand backup in layers. Ideally you want an onsite backup, and an offsite backup. But for the onsite… do you even try to protect it from fire?
If not, doesn’t that mean all your “fire” protection is really just the one online layer?
And if you do, where do you get such a thing. I have looked around, I can’t find anything that actually lists hard drives as protected. Like sentry safe has “data protection” safes, but they say this
"CDs, DVDs, memory sticks and USB drives up to 1700°F (927°C) for all FPW base models. These products are NOT intended to protect computer floppy or 21⁄4” diskettes, cartridges, tapes, audio or video cassettes, or photo negatives. "
That doesn’t seem to include HDD or SSD. So I started wondering if anyone actually tries to protect their onsite backup from fire.
Sure, my place has the required residential sprinklers and a couple up to date fire extinguishers around.
Besides, offsite backup is 1:1 on identical hardware with off-grid power resilience. Worst case scenario I have to order new hardware and physically move the old machine for a local duplication again.
All of it is insured of course with yearly audits.