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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Aug-2024 21:01:01 JST nixCraft 🐧

   PSA: Test your backups by doing a full restore.
   Please find out how many hours it takes to restore your data. You will be surprised by the results. 🧑🏻💻 #sysadmin #linux #unix #macos #freebsd

   • Ben Zanin (gnomon@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 08:05:08 JST Ben Zanin

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     @nixCraft *prints this on a poster board*

     *turns that poster into a wearable sandwich board where the other side says "RESTORING ONE SINGLE FILE FROM THE BACKUP SERVICE TELLS YOU JACK SHIT ABOUT YOUR ABILITY TO HIT RESTORE TIME AND RESTORE POINT OBJECTIVES AND IS IRRELEVANT IN DETERMINING WHETHER SERVICE RECOVERY IS EVEN POSSIBLE"*

     *parades in front of $JOB_IT_DEPARTMENT building just wordlessly screaming through a bullhorn at every single person entering or leaving*