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linsomniacyesterday at 4:01 PM1 replyview on HN

Well, I haven't lost them in over a decade... So I have a pretty good track record. The system it's hosted on has had at least one, maybe two hardware failures over that time. A system isn't done being set up until it has backups up and running.


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dotancohenyesterday at 4:37 PM

...and tested.

I only had to see one machine "that was being backed up" unable to restore from backup. Wasn't mine, but was enough to teach me to test them.

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