7 things all kids need to hear 1 I love you 2 I'm proud of you 3 I'm sorry 4 I forgive you 5 I'm listening 6 RAID is not backup. Make offsite backups. Verify backup. Find out restore time. Otherwise, you got what we call Schrödinger backup 7 You've got what it takes
@nixcraft I think you're saying: redundancy != backup local backups != disaster recovery plan
@nixcraft Have a solid recovery plan, not just a backup plan.
@nixcraft If not sure about the outcome, backup the backup and just in case keep a copy in another backup.
@nixcraft A good backup product will test backups in an ongoing manner by restoring to a secure isolated network or server and then do checks for files, OS boot etc. Can be done with scripting tools or products like Veeam. Gone are the days when you didn't know a backup was good.
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@nixcraft A successful restore saved my job! A successful restore saved my daughter’s photo collection! I’d have a hard time choosing which of those was more important.