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> backups Just to point out, if the data is important you'll want backups anyway. Even with S3. Just in case. :D
by justinclift 2y ago
> backups
Just to point out, if the data is important you'll want backups anyway. Even with S3.
Just in case. :D
- vbezhenar 2y agoWhy would you want backups for S3? Were there data loss incidents?
- indigo945 2y agoWell, Amazon might fail as a company at some point and then all your data will be gone. Theoretically. Much more likely, though, is that you, or some sysadmin at your company, or even some user will accidentally hit the "delete" button on something important, and then without a backup, you can't get it back. Which is honestly the thing that people usually need their backups for, anyway. This is what most "data loss incidents" are: people just messing up and deleting things they shouldn't have. Wetware is much more prone to failure than hardware, after all.
- vbezhenar 2y agoThere are ways to protect against delete or overwrite, for example by using versions.
- justinclift 2y agoDoes that work when the sysadmin fat fingers the deletion of a bucket or account?
- justinclift 2y ago> Why would you want backups for S3? In case something goes wrong. ie your account has a problem unexpectedly, or if they do indeed have a data loss/corruption problem, etc.