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 #. If successful, you will also see the date and time of your most recent backup under **BACKUPS** in the **System** tab:
 
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+Best Practices
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+
+Even with proper backups the risk of data corruption is always non-zero. Therefore it is recommended to take additional care when backing up highly valuable or irreplaceable data like a lightning node:
+
+  * High quality SSDs should be favored over HDDs as a backup target.
+  * Backup to multiple targets.
+  * If backing up to multiple targets make sure all backups are up to date.