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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. justsomehnguy · · focus · HN ↗
      &gt; <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

      No. But, well, yes: if you use BE - you will need a restore pretty soon.

      I&#x27;m the person who actually experienced BE walking around the file server and deleting files. Helpful suuport person had done the needful and said what this is not an issue and it wouldn&#x27;t be reported as a bug.

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