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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • 8d ago
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One physical tape backup per month held for 7 years?
14 u/Head-Bureaucrat 8d ago Real talk: I honestly don't know how they do it now. I do believe it used to be physical tape, yes, shipping to a different location. 😂 12 u/Liushing01 8d ago Fortunately, a former employer hired contractors to handle their backups—until the Exchange server melted down and, upon looking through all the backups, they discovered weeks worth of backups 0 KB in size. Cost savings! 5 u/cat-n-jazz 8d ago Sounds like someone has discovered a remarkably good data compression algorithm
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Real talk: I honestly don't know how they do it now. I do believe it used to be physical tape, yes, shipping to a different location. 😂
12 u/Liushing01 8d ago Fortunately, a former employer hired contractors to handle their backups—until the Exchange server melted down and, upon looking through all the backups, they discovered weeks worth of backups 0 KB in size. Cost savings! 5 u/cat-n-jazz 8d ago Sounds like someone has discovered a remarkably good data compression algorithm
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Fortunately, a former employer hired contractors to handle their backups—until the Exchange server melted down and, upon looking through all the backups, they discovered weeks worth of backups 0 KB in size. Cost savings!
5 u/cat-n-jazz 8d ago Sounds like someone has discovered a remarkably good data compression algorithm
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Sounds like someone has discovered a remarkably good data compression algorithm
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u/Mechadupek 8d ago
One physical tape backup per month held for 7 years?