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Looks like someone forgot about the 3-2-1 rule. Teachable moment.
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3 backups: 2 different places/media on-site 1 off-site
What about 2 offsite and 1 onsite? That's been my approach, mostly due to storage limitations onsite.
As long as the off-site isn't the same location or method of access, that's generally fine. Essentially, you want to make sure you have a way to get at the data no matter what happens.
Fire/damage on location: pull off-site such as online backup Internet down: pull hardware based backup
Contingency plans, essentially