> Simply to leave the backups alone. The only 'threat' would be that > inadvertently a user could mess with the files on the backup drive. > The backups happens every night and when they're done the drive is > presently automatically unmounted for the day. Works fine with > unencrypted drives. You want any backup drive physically removed and unconnected most of the time or a PSU failure/nearby lightning strike will blow both the original disk and backup disk to kingdom come at once.