Restoring from backups can be tedious and time consuming. For example, if you have a database and PITR system, you may have to replay WALs until you get the poi

Restoring from backups can be tedious and time consuming. For example, if you have a database and PITR system, you may have to replay WALs until you get the point in time where the server failed. XFS is known to be extremely robust for servers - and it's journaled. Most servers nowadays are SSD.