Comment on Ask HN: How do you Backup your Personal Files?parentComments−andrewaylett14yI fear Dropbox may be more like RAID than like backup: what happens when a file is deleted, causing it to be removed from all of your redundant machines?−lotsofpulp14yYou have 30 days to recover it using the free version, and unlimited time if you pay for it: https://www.dropbox.com/help/115/en−kittxkat14yAlso if one machine is not updated (due to no network, for example), the file still exists there.
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I fear Dropbox may be more like RAID than like backup: what happens when a file is deleted, causing it to be removed from all of your redundant machines?
You have 30 days to recover it using the free version, and unlimited time if you pay for it: https://www.dropbox.com/help/115/en
Also if one machine is not updated (due to no network, for example), the file still exists there.