Re:"It's the (Backblaze) restores that fail."
by manishsharan on Monday January 20, 2014 @10:57PM
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Backing up your data is not enough; you must also occasionally restore your data ( to a temp location )just to make sure your backup media or its governing database are not silently screwing up your backed up data.
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Re:"It's the (Backblaze) restores that fail."
by SeanKilleen on Monday January 20, 2014 @11:04PM
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Agree 100%. In the future I plan to do this with both my local and cloud personal backups. (I would always do this with any business-related backup; I don't know why I my standards be lower for my personal data.)