[GTALUG] Portable Backup Drive Compatible with Linux (and Recommended Backup Software)

[Alvin Starr]

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.

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