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Backing up to a different partition on the same RAID array sounds like a good way to lose all your data.
The backup should be physically separate from the original.
Yes, and it should use another type of media, like tape, glass, stone tablets or optical media
We have a bard travel accross the lands and carry out our data by singing epics about it.
That's a valid backup because it's a different media, correct?
oral traditions have survived an astoundingly long time, albeit with some bitrot
As long as you are fine with corruption.
It shall live on through the generations
NEVER test your backups. It wears out the tapes faster.