W. Curtis Preston, author of the O'Reilly book "Backup and Recovery" has said: > Backups are useless. Restores are priceless. I also like: > The state of a b

W. Curtis Preston, author of the O'Reilly book "Backup and Recovery" has said: > Backups are useless. Restores are priceless. I also like: > The state of a backup is unknown and unknowable, until such time as it has been tested with a restore.