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Untested backup === No backup People like to say they have backups or a "backup procedure", but in my experience almost none of them ever tested the backup...
by JohannesH 10y ago
Untested backup === No backup
People like to say they have backups or a "backup procedure", but in my experience almost none of them ever tested the backup... Not even once. 95% of the time "having a backup procedure" just means "we have a replica of some data sitting somewhere with no idea how/if we can restore it, or how long it takes".
- baq 10y agoit's worse. you might be trying to restore from an untested backup and fail, wasting precious time. five times.
- immigrantsheep 10y agoI remember a local company a decade ago where they were obligated to delete part of their data on fridays just to test all the backups and procedures. At the time I thought it was completely nuts. I probably still think it's at least a little bit nuts but I can see the point.