Importance of a backup system that works : ma.gnolia

Posted by Jeremy on 21 February 2009 | 0 Comments

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In Jan 2009 the ma.gnolia website lost all of their user data due to a corrupted database. In the following video they share about the loss, and give some useful pointers about  doing backup properly.

 

• Have a backup system in place
• Diagnose problems early
• Backup system shouldn't rely on the original database
• Test your backup system
• Figure out a good version backup system
• If you are a small start-up, don't do your own IT > cloud computing
• Always pay attention to infrastructure
• RAID won't help software corruption
• Ma.gnolia projected an image of a big company, but it was a mistake to hide the truth
• Openness is important