3 thoughts on “What Toy Story 2 Can Teach You About Testing Your Backups and Recovery Strategy”
Wonderful video. This and the true story of the loss of all the SideKick data because Microsoft and Hitachi both insisted that a backup wasn’t necessary…… they let you know that even the biggest supposedly bestest of companies make basic backup mistakes.
At a client of mine backups had been failing for three months on an app server and the server team knew it but never told anybody who had data on that server. When some vital data was corrupted, there was no backup. Had the user known, they would have made manual backups until the normal backups were up again. It astounded me at the time, but seems like this kind of thing happens again and again.
When some vital data was corrupted, there was no backup. Had the user
known, they would have made manual backups until the normal backups were
up again.
Wonderful video. This and the true story of the loss of all the SideKick data because Microsoft and Hitachi both insisted that a backup wasn’t necessary…… they let you know that even the biggest supposedly bestest of companies make basic backup mistakes.
At a client of mine backups had been failing for three months on an app server and the server team knew it but never told anybody who had data on that server. When some vital data was corrupted, there was no backup. Had the user known, they would have made manual backups until the normal backups were up again. It astounded me at the time, but seems like this kind of thing happens again and again.
“Working from home can solve everything.”
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When some vital data was corrupted, there was no backup. Had the user
known, they would have made manual backups until the normal backups were
up again.