Sorry about yer data loss, mate. That's rough, I've been there. Reminds me of most places database backups... I always check to make sure they restore correctl

Sorry about yer data loss, mate. That's rough, I've been there. Reminds me of most places database backups... I always check to make sure they restore correctly, a lot of people just assume they will. -- Other Engineer: We back up our database nightly! It's AUTOMATED and even copied to another data center in a different region! Me: Have you ever tried restoring it? Other Engineer: ... well, uhh, no... awkwardly pauses I mean why? scoffs and quickly walks back to desk [two hours later] Other Engineer: Holy shit, our backups wouldn't restore.... good thinking, mate. We would have been totally fucked. -- You'd be surprised how often people don't check their backups, critical systems, restore functionality. Like just because you're doing it doesn't mean you're doing it right... I personally think unless you somehow corrupted the data before failure, that Blackblaze sort of sucks hard here since this is literally their job. I hope they try to make it right somehow or actually figure out and find what caused that to happen.