We just lost 3TB of data on a SanDisk Extreme SSDwww.theverge.comexternal-linkcross-posted to: technews@radiation.party floofloof ( @floofloof@lemmy.ca ) TechnologyEnglish • 2 years ago message-square83fedilinkarrow-up1163
arrow-up1163external-linkWe just lost 3TB of data on a SanDisk Extreme SSDwww.theverge.com floofloof ( @floofloof@lemmy.ca ) TechnologyEnglish • 2 years ago message-square83fedilinkcross-posted to: technews@radiation.party
minus-square upstream ( @upstream@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink11•2 years agoUntil 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.
minus-square BCsven ( @BCsven@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink3•2 years agoDeja Dup has a nice feature in that every once in a while is spawns and verifies that the backup is retrievable
minus-square upstream ( @upstream@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink1•2 years agoRetrievable is a start, at least.
minus-square BCsven ( @BCsven@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink2•edit-22 years agoSorry, I should have said verified. it reads through the backup and checks data integrity/checksums etc. so you know it can be retrieved properly.
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.
Deja Dup has a nice feature in that every once in a while is spawns and verifies that the backup is retrievable
Retrievable is a start, at least.
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.