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> In many such cases you'll still want to pull backups anyway... In all cases where you care about your data, you must take backups. There is no substitute for
by rosser 9y ago
> In many such cases you'll still want to pull backups anyway...
In all cases where you care about your data, you must take backups. There is no substitute for that step.
Additionally, you want to periodically restore your backups and test them for validity — ideally automatically. There's a saying in the ops world, borne of bitter experience:
"Your backups are only as good as their last successful restore."
- grantwu 9y agoI read "pull backups" as "restore from backup" not "make backups".
- colanderman 9y agoWhat grantwu said. You misinterpreted me. Seems to be a theme today. I guess I should spell things out more clearly in the future.
- rosser 9y agoOk, my apologies. I've never heard that phrasing before, but now that you clarify, I understand it. Ambiguity in online discourse is an ongoing problem. Thanks for helping resolve this occurrence without acrimony.