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Make Your Own Backup System – Part 1: Strategy Before Scripts

it-notes.dragas.net published 2025-07-188 min read

When a datacenter fire threatened 142 of my servers, my backup strategy had them back online in hours. This post shares my personal philosophy on creating a resilient system, focusing on the crucial planning that must happen before you write a single script.

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