{"id":128005,"date":"2015-09-14T21:01:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T03:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/14\/backup-everything-and-then-backup-your-backups.html"},"modified":"2015-09-15T06:43:23","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T12:43:23","slug":"backup-everything-and-then-backup-your-backups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/14\/backup-everything-and-then-backup-your-backups.html","title":{"rendered":"Backup everything. And then backup your backups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>A backup system is only as good as the last restore you successfully made from it.<\/i> Those are words I have had branded in my brain (right there, at the pain centers, yeah, right there OUCH), more than once. <\/p>\n<p>And I&#39;m not the only one: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.credera.com\/blog\/ux\/deleting-toy-story-2\/\">https:\/\/www.credera.com\/blog\/ux\/deleting-toy-story-2\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6194478184479752769\/6194478191542021810'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-HxGAIjI9nZU\/Vfc1GG_ELrI\/AAAAAAADYaM\/RAUMCo1VQi8\/toy-story-2-1999-woody-buzz-lightyear-jessie-bullseye-airport-ending-tim-allen-tom-hanks-joan-cusack-review%255B1%255D.jpg?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/RrFhEniV6tR'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A backup system is only as good as the last restore you successfully made from it. Those are words I have had branded in my brain (right there, at the pain centers, yeah, right there OUCH), more than once. And I&#39;m not the only one: https:\/\/www.credera.com\/blog\/ux\/deleting-toy-story-2\/ \u00a0 View on Google+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,375,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-computer-security","category-job-jollies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/toy-story-2-1999-woody-buzz-lightyear-jessie-bullseye-airport-ending-tim-allen-tom-hanks-joan-cusack-review5B15D.jpgimgmax=660.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51606,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/24\/schrodingers-backup.html","url_meta":{"origin":128005,"position":0},"title":"Schrodinger&#039;s Backup","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 24-Jun-15 11:12am","format":false,"excerpt":"If I had a nickel for every time a backup turned out to be bad in some fashion or another -- media lost, media corrupt, labeling incorrect, rats ate it, cosmic rays, whatever -- I could afford the vacation I would really need to make up for backups that turned\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-06-24%2Bat%2B2.43.20%2Bpm.pngimgmax%3D660.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-06-24%2Bat%2B2.43.20%2Bpm.pngimgmax%3D660.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-06-24%2Bat%2B2.43.20%2Bpm.pngimgmax%3D660.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49452,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/31\/long-day-sorting-kitchen-stuff-pre-reno-with-margiekleerup-fragolakat-classing-as-available-backup-cold-storage-and-dumpdonate.html","url_meta":{"origin":128005,"position":1},"title":"Long day sorting kitchen stuff pre-reno with @MargieKleerup &amp; @FragolaKat, classing as Available, Backup, Cold storage, and Dump\/Donate.","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 31-Jan-15 5:12pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Long day sorting kitchen stuff pre-reno with @MargieKleerup & @FragolaKat, classing as Available, Backup, Cold storage, and Dump\/Donate. 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