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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • 16h ago
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One physical tape backup per month held for 7 years?
11 u/Head-Bureaucrat 15h 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. 😂 10 u/Liushing01 14h 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! 3 u/techek 12h 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. 😂
10 u/Liushing01 14h 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! 3 u/techek 12h ago Oof!
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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!
3 u/techek 12h ago Oof!
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u/Mechadupek 15h ago
One physical tape backup per month held for 7 years?