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Backups Aren't Simple

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  1. AdieuToLogic · · focus · HN ↗
    A friend of mine used to work at Veritas[0] making enterprise data retention solutions. When I spoke about their product as being "making backups", he corrected me by saying:

      We are not in the backup business.  We are in the restoration
  business.
    0 - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Backup_Exec" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Backup_Exec
    1. Paracompact · · focus · HN ↗
      &quot;This is the business we&#x27;ve chosen.&quot;
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