Re: Re:And they TEST the ****ing backups.
Backups never fail
Err, yes they do. I've had both disk and tape failures during backup. I think you are confusing "backup failure" (as in fails and reports the failure) with "backup apparently worked but is unretrievable" (as in, reports success, but data isn't readable).
Now, where had I got to in that book on advanced pedantry ...