bootlace on Nostr: maybe only one of you needs to hear this, but database replicas are not backups ...

maybe only one of you needs to hear this, but database replicas are not backups

separately, long ago, the admin assistant dutifully swapped out the server nightly backup tape every morning exactly as instructed. when needed, they were all empty, the logs dutifully warning every morning

an untested backup is not a backup, one needs to fairly frequently test restore the backup all the way back into the business app and run some critical transactions in the app to make sure they work properly