On 02/01/2017 03:55 PM, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 02:51:02PM -0200, Mauro Souza via talk wrote: >> Good software is not the problem. Good procedures are the point. GitLab had >> 5 different backup procedures, and were offline this morning when they >> could not recover lost data... > 5 different incorrectly configured and untested procedures. > > That's pretty much the definition of how not to do backup. > Trying to explain to people why they need a whole bunch of spare computers and take days of solid work to test disaster recovery is always a hard sell.
You usually get a look like "what are you incompetent? You should just do it right the first time and not need to test". SIGH. -- Alvin Starr || voice: (905)513-7688 Netvel Inc. || Cell: (416)806-0133 [email protected] || --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
