A tweet about backups got pretty popular among sysadmin and IT community. The tweet read as follows:
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Picture about Schrodinger Backups
The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted
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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