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Bad Backup: How Pixar Almost Lost an Entire Film

cartoon man freaking outPixar, known for CG Animated films like Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and Up, produced a short video about how they almost lost Toy Story 2 due to a simple linux command and faulty backup.

As said in the video, it would have taken 20-30 people a full year to recreate the work lost in 20 seconds, but the biggest lesson learned is that your company backup solution isn't flawless. Your backup solution needs to be tested regularly to ensure that it is there and ready when you need it. Data integrity is everything to us at Directive - our backup solutions are easy to test and we ensure testing is done regularly.

Looking to learn more? Contact us at (607) 433-2200 and talk to our experienced small business technicians about best practices for protecting your data.

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