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The technical term used for a backup in another location is an off-site backup.

An off-site backup is a copy of a business’ production system data that is stored in a geographically different location than the production system. Off-site backup includes:

  • Off-site server backup, where production data is backed up to an offsite server
  • Backing up to a media device, such as tape, which is then transported and stored off-site
  • Backing up to a private or public cloud

Acronis, a company providing backup products and services

Off-site backup is a method of backing up data to a remote server or to media that is transported off site.

TechTarget, a tech media publication

The term *archive has been proposed, but that refers to a collection of multiple files or datasets into a single file or data stream, such as a ZIP archive or tar "tape archive".