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I didn't realise backups were normally kept off site.
by leke 5y ago
I didn't realise backups were normally kept off site.
- whartung 5y agoI love disaster recovery disaster stories. When all the good intentions go wrong. Two from the '89 quake. 1) The smart thinking operator who equipped their machines with UPSes to keep them up through a power failure. The quake cut the power, the UPSes kicked in, the systems stayed up, the drives kept spinning, the quake kept going and buried the drive heads in to the platters. 2) System crashed, backup tapes were kept in the basement. Quake set off the sprinkler system in the storage room, soaking the tapes with rusty water. "I'm sorry, did I break your concentration? I didn't mean to do that. Please, continue, you were saying something about best intentions." - Jules