Everyone who cares about backups chooses a backup system design. Anyone who cares about their stuff needs to practice a full emergency RESTORE. I have met ver

Everyone who cares about backups chooses a backup system design. Anyone who cares about their stuff needs to practice a full emergency RESTORE. I have met very few people who actually do that. For most systems I've seen, the first full test of the restore process is a very scary first production usage of the restore process. Which is very exciting, sure. I don't want excitement in my data management life. (I actually see weekly test of onsite backup power at the local banks, and at some large commercial kitchens. Those diesel generators are very loud. I've never seen systematic test of UPS or generators in a front-office environment.)