Backup, or Else
TechCrunch reports on a precautionary tale of what happens when vital files and databases aren’t backed up. The popular web service CouchSurfing lost all its database files last week due to a “perfect storm” of errors and essentially put itself out of business.
Following the report, there was renewed activity on the CouchSurfing site and it appears that there may yet be a happy ending for their 90,000+ users. CouchSurfing announced that it’s reviving its attempts to save the databases and start a version 2 of their web service. Still, they’ve probably lost a big chunk of change in the process, not to mention customer confidence. The moral of the story: backup (and verify), or else.
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