@SecurityWriter@infosec.exchange
Post #1166234
2026-04-15 18:13 UTC
Replies (8)
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@SecurityWriter@infosec.exchange 2026-04-15 18:15
“Didn’t you say this a couple of months back?” Yeah. It’s never a bad day to test your backups. Well, almost never. When you actually need them might not be optimal. That’s my point.
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@LunaDragofelis@void.lgbt 2026-04-15 18:18
@SecurityWriter how to test backup without sufficient space on the drive to restore without first deleting production data?
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@Newk@infosec.exchange 2026-04-15 19:34
@SecurityWriter Be a friend and delete prod so your backup team can finally test properly.
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@Maitre@mastodon.online 2026-04-15 20:36
@SecurityWriter I have never tested a backup in my life. And I ain't about to start now, I don't care how prestigious you are! :P
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@CGM@mastodon.scot 2026-04-16 07:16
@SecurityWriter Hmm, I think HA is High Availability, but RPO? BCDR? 🤔
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@Eldeberen@social.middleearth.fr 2026-04-16 15:46
@SecurityWriter Last time I did some backup restoration, RPO was *not* in the acceptable range xD But I recovered all data. (Full PostgreSQL database restoration on my self-hosted server, took ~6 full days)
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@FloatingOnion@cyberplace.social 2026-04-16 20:39
@SecurityWriter Sadly even though I agree with and preach about restore testing I didn’t follow my own advice properly. I’ve found plenty of issues recovering my own laptop this week. Got there in the end, but harder than it needed to be and failed layers. Lessons learned and more testing require! And a stern conversation with myself!
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@spacepup@mastodon.stickbear.me 2026-04-17 17:31
@SecurityWriter what kind of backups? I have hdd backups and i know they work