Preserving Data

Most data professionals I know go out of their way to take care of the data entrusted to them. Most people ensure backups are running, lots (hopefully most) test their restores. A few will ensure a good rotation their data offsite. Some of you might have formal rotation schemes, and some might just keep a rolling list of xx backups available. Likely a few of you don't worry about anything other than the last full backup, which is a risker approach than I'd take. Read the rest of Preserving Data