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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•11 months agoUntil the backups don’t work. Untested backups can hold all sorts of surprises. Sadly, testing backups is a lot of work and is rarely done.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•11 months agoDeja Dup has a nice feature in that every once in a while is spawns and verifies that the backup is retrievable
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-211 months agoSorry, I should have said verified. it reads through the backup and checks data integrity/checksums etc. so you know it can be retrieved properly.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•11 months agoTesting a back isn’t that hard, I typically test backups through digital ocean. They worked great.
Until the backups don’t work.
Untested backups can hold all sorts of surprises.
Sadly, testing backups is a lot of work and is rarely done.
Deja Dup has a nice feature in that every once in a while is spawns and verifies that the backup is retrievable
Retrievable is a start, at least.
Sorry, I should have said verified. it reads through the backup and checks data integrity/checksums etc. so you know it can be retrieved properly.
Testing a back isn’t that hard, I typically test backups through digital ocean. They worked great.