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How to advocate for good backups! Or, how NOT to advocate for good backups!

By Paul Vallee — January 8th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Posted in Group Blog Posts • MySQL • Oracle • SQL Server • SysAdmin
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I try to do a decent job of advocating for caring about good backups and business continuity strategies in my 7 Deadly Habits article.

But this one beats them all:

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Just too funny and great not to share. Found via this reddit article, where there is a lively discussion underway.

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One Response to “How to advocate for good backups! Or, how NOT to advocate for good backups!”

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    January 9th, 2008 at 2:48 am

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