Schrodinger Backups: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted

Author: Vivek Gite Last updated: October 4, 2018 0 comments

A tweet about backups got pretty popular among sysadmin and IT community. The tweet read as follows:

Picture about Schrodinger Backups

The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted

Here is a tweet about Schrodinger Backups

#Sysadmin #Truth #Backup #Unix #Linux pic.twitter.com/suCT9ME58V

— nixCraft # (@nixcraft) June 24, 2015

If it is worth having pictures, database, files and more, it is worth having a backup. But, a backup isn’t a backup until you have restored successfully from it.

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