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It's World Backup Day

Posted by timothy on from the before-things-get-wonky dept.

1sockchuck writes "Today is World Backup Day, an occasion to back up your personal data and financial information and check your restores. For those needing motivation — a group that apparently includes 15 percent of data centers — the Slashdot archives bear witness to date disasters at providers small (Ma.gnolia) and large (Microsoft). The World Backup Day initiative grew out of a thread at Reddit, and invites online backup services to observe the occasion by offering discounts."

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  1. Leafycaust! by sp1nl0ck · · Score: 3, Interesting

    A cautionary tale from Ars Technica. It's a long thread, but the "fun" begins about 2/3 of the way through (page 60-something, IIRC).

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