Re:Don’t Wanna Pay Ransom Gangs? Test Your Backups
by innomatics on Monday July 19, 2021 @07:35PM
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>A stack is spawned from a database backup and once it passes tests, replaces the previous one.
I like this approach, although risky if you mean you routinely replace the production db.
My preferred setup is to automate restores into a pre-prod environment, apply data masking and run tests there. It's not a replacement for full DR exercises, but at least it automates the backup verification process as part of your build system.
Re:Don’t Wanna Pay Ransom Gangs? Test Your Backups
by dougpa on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @12:23AM
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It puts you 95% of the way there while providing many side benefits. This is what my team is targeting. Prod deployments are 0-downtime, but all the other deployments are fresh.
I like this approach, although risky if you mean you routinely replace the production db.
My preferred setup is to automate restores into a pre-prod environment, apply data masking and run tests there. It's not a replacement for full DR exercises, but at least it automates the backup verification process as part of your build system.