Placing copies of information away from the main location protects them if the primary environment experiences a fire, flood, or other incident. Storing backups on the same physical system or in the same building does not offer adequate protection against large-scale disruptions. Replicating data on the same hardware may provide convenience but does not safeguard against building-wide failures.
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