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

530 points · 452 comments · berkeleyjunk

  1. Art9681 · · focus · HN ↗
    No disaster recovery plan? No offsite backups? Someone failed to applied the most basic principles that have existed for decades.
    1. nixass · · focus · HN ↗
      Offsite to.. where? Sea? Data residency in Gulf states is very strict and basically nothing is leaving the countries
      1. abeyer · · focus · HN ↗
        A datacenter not owned/run by a major US or Israeli company seems like it might be a good first step.
        1. KnightHawk3 · · focus · HN ↗
          Do you think they could ask for a backup
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