Re: Single backup, eh?
So the company kept single copy of its backups at the same provider?I agree that DO should have handled the mess quicker, but well, if a company is treating its data that way, it's only a matter of time when they lose them again. And next time it might be not possible to blame DO for everything.
"Our company is a leading provide of total data protection solutions. If you sign up with us, we guarantee 24x365 availability of all of your data. Your data will be kept in a secure facility and in the event of an emergency you can rest assured we will be able to get you back up and running in a very short time frame.
You do, of course, need to have a secondary computer facility ready to go should you suffer a catastrophic failure. But rest assured out vans will be on site as soon as the way is cleared. "
Concept taken from a very old BOFH possible before Mr T was even working for El Reg where the company was taking a serious look at DR setups, where backups were housed in a backup firm's storage warehouse - note that the difference basically is back then you sent backup tapes to them to house whereas today you upload your data to them. Otherwise, the process has been the same for decades - how many even well-experienced firms actually have a truly decent backup plan in place should their main datacentre fail?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
