# Hetzner experiences

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [December 17, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hetzner-experiences/54430 "2016-12-17T16:37:07Z")\
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> [@tophee](#):
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> Okay, so if I take backup in discourse and then a snapshot, I should be fine?

I’m gonna go with “probably”, but possibly not 😉

The safest thing would be to have a completely external system storing your backups as well - like S3/Dropbox/Google-Drive etc. - that way you’re not entirely reliant on a single company and their computer systems.

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