Tech Magazine Loses June Issue, No Backup

Gareth writes "Business 2.0, a magazine published by Time, has been warning their readers against the hazards of not taking backups of computer files. So much so that in an article published by them in 2003, they 'likened backups to flossing — everyone knows it's important, but few devote enough thought or energy to it.' Last week, Business 2.0 got caught forgetting to floss as the magazine's editorial system crashed, wiping out all the work that had been done for its June issue. The backup server failed to back up."

Comments

Re:err...

[Lumpy]

hell with that. ever heard of competent IT staff? why has their CTO not been fired yet?

honestly though, talking management into backup solutions is like pulling teeth, then they blame you for not having it in place when the failure does happen.

Last place I worked at we were using 4 year old DLT tapes because management was too stupid and cheap to buy new ones.

"we will buy new when those fail" is what we were told.

Re:How does this actually happen?

[Paulrothrock]

A mechanical failure doesn't grind the platters into sand.

Doesn't it?

Re:After the swearing stopped.

[loafing_oaf]

The problem is that tech magazines are in the advertising business, not the tech business. I write content for the Web site of a tech radio show, and it's just a bunch of us in cubicles looking stuff up on Google. No tech people involved.