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

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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. cpncrunch · 1789595514 · focus · HN ↗
  But that is something the customer needs to consider. AWS doesnt offer that as standard if your data is in one zone, and during a war even multiple zones in the same region may not be sufficient.

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