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"ugh, server failure at CrystalTech. And apparently their normal backup process silently fails at backing up VM images." http://twitter.com/codinghorror/status
by joshwa 17y ago
"ugh, server failure at CrystalTech. And apparently their normal backup process silently fails at backing up VM images."
http://twitter.com/codinghorror/status/6573094832 http://twitter.com/codinghorror/status/6573094832
- mikeryan 17y agoegads... methinks CrystalTech will be experiencing a mass exodus. [Also makes me wonder how to test my host's backups]
- brown9-2 17y ago[Also makes me wonder how to test my host's backups] Make your own, don't rely on someone else.
- gaius 17y agoStraightforward enough. 1) Get another host, preferably one a thousand miles away from your present provider 2) Do what you need to do to get a copy of your site running there 3) Refine/automate the process and practice it 'til you can do it with your eyes closed
- scott_s 17y agoIt's not a backup if it's in the same location and managed by the same process.
- mrduncan 17y agoAlso, if you don't regularly test backups they might as well not exist.
- Confusion 17y agoIf you regularly spend time testing backups, you should start paying someone to do that. For instance, the guys who make the backup. Who should provide that as part of the service. Which mean they are responsible for failures and can be held accountable.
- EvilTrout 17y agoSeriously, this. 1000 times this! Why would anyone consider a backup on the same VM a backup at all? All your data should be kept in two places, hopefully geographically disparate in case there's a building fire or horrible storm or what not. You should also test it on a regular basis to make sure it exists (and so you know what to do when the shit hits the fan)