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AWS says it can't restore some data from mideast facilities struck by Iran

530 points · 452 comments · berkeleyjunk

Art9681 · 1789594293 · focus · HN ↗
No disaster recovery plan? No offsite backups? Someone failed to applied the most basic principles that have existed for decades.
1. rbanffy · 1789594577 · focus · HN ↗
  The more dramatic contingency you have to plan for, the more expensive the plan gets.
  Earlier this week I mentioned that if we lose enough data centres to bring our operation down, the first items in the to-do list becomes securing weapons, vehicles and fuel.
  1. ares623 · 1789595194 · focus · HN ↗
    "Daddy, where were you when the flames reached our house?"
    "I was in the office, reviewing Terraform plans"

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