The only immutable backup is offline and unpowered. There's a part of that process that cannot be automated.

If an automated network process makes your backup offline,
a network attack can bring it online.

If an automated network process can remove power to your backup,
a network attack can bring it online.

The only immutable backup is offline and unpowered. And no matter what the sales person tells you, that requires human intervention.

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@fifonetworks I wish.

But flash storage of any kind needs regular refreshs or loses data, whereas magnetic storage also degrades over time…