1. back up what you care about
2. back up stuff that isn't backed up
3. back up what you can in the way you can, but BE CONSISTENT
4. make it easy
5. use a supported backup application
6. know how to recover
7. off-site is best
8. encrypted data is best
9. rotate your backups, monitor disk space
10. check in on your backups
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