▲ 163 ▼ We just lost 3TB of data on a SanDisk Extreme SSD (www.theverge.com) submitted 3 years ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/technology@beehaw.org 87 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] upstream@beehaw.org 11 points 3 years ago (2 children) Until the backups don’t work. Untested backups can hold all sorts of surprises. Sadly, testing backups is a lot of work and is rarely done. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Deja Dup has a nice feature in that every once in a while is spawns and verifies that the backup is retrievable permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] upstream@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Retrievable is a start, at least. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) Sorry, I should have said verified. it reads through the backup and checks data integrity/checksums etc. so you know it can be retrieved properly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MJBrune@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago Testing a back isn't that hard, I typically test backups through digital ocean. They worked great. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Deja Dup has a nice feature in that every once in a while is spawns and verifies that the backup is retrievable permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] upstream@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Retrievable is a start, at least. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) Sorry, I should have said verified. it reads through the backup and checks data integrity/checksums etc. so you know it can be retrieved properly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] upstream@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Retrievable is a start, at least. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) Sorry, I should have said verified. it reads through the backup and checks data integrity/checksums etc. so you know it can be retrieved properly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) Sorry, I should have said verified. it reads through the backup and checks data integrity/checksums etc. so you know it can be retrieved properly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MJBrune@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago Testing a back isn't that hard, I typically test backups through digital ocean. They worked great. permalink fedilink source parent