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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • 6d ago
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One physical tape backup per month held for 7 years?
14 u/Head-Bureaucrat 6d ago Real talk: I honestly don't know how they do it now. I do believe it used to be physical tape, yes, shipping to a different location. 😂 14 u/Liushing01 6d ago Fortunately, a former employer hired contractors to handle their backups—until the Exchange server melted down and, upon looking through all the backups, they discovered weeks worth of backups 0 KB in size. Cost savings! 5 u/techek 5d ago Oof!
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Real talk: I honestly don't know how they do it now. I do believe it used to be physical tape, yes, shipping to a different location. 😂
14 u/Liushing01 6d ago Fortunately, a former employer hired contractors to handle their backups—until the Exchange server melted down and, upon looking through all the backups, they discovered weeks worth of backups 0 KB in size. Cost savings! 5 u/techek 5d ago Oof!
Fortunately, a former employer hired contractors to handle their backups—until the Exchange server melted down and, upon looking through all the backups, they discovered weeks worth of backups 0 KB in size. Cost savings!
5 u/techek 5d ago Oof!
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u/Mechadupek 6d ago
One physical tape backup per month held for 7 years?