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 ## Volume Maintenance
 
-We highly recommend using the built-in backup feature of Longhorn.
+We highly recommend using the built-in backup feature of Longhorn.  A backup can be saved to an object store (S3, Azure, etc), to an NFS server, or to a SMB/CIFS server, although an object store is the preferred method.
 
 For each volume, schedule at least one recurring backup. If you must run Longhorn in production without a backupstore, then schedule at least one recurring snapshot for each volume.