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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. Good for the next disaster. by nitehawk214 · · Score: 5, Funny

    We can just restore the world from the backup.

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  2. My company already has a backup day, by TejWC · · Score: 5, Insightful

    its called "Friday".