▲ 361 ▼ “Unprecedented” Google Cloud event wipes out customer account and its backups (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world 43 comments fedilink hide all child comments Google Cloud accidentally deleted UniSuper's account and backups, causing a major data loss and downtime for the company. UniSuper was able to recover data from backups with a different provider after the incident. The incident highlighted the importance of having safeguards in place for cloud service providers to prevent such catastrophic events from occurring.
[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) what are these rules? i genuinely am not aware of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LastElemental@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) 3 separate backups on 2 different media (ie 2 backups on 2 separate HDDs plus one on DVDs) with At least 1 offsite (ie a satellite office or your parents house for personal stuff) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago cheers mate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LastElemental@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) 3 separate backups on 2 different media (ie 2 backups on 2 separate HDDs plus one on DVDs) with At least 1 offsite (ie a satellite office or your parents house for personal stuff) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago cheers mate. permalink fedilink source parent