Backup Failed, But The Boss Didn't Slam IT - Because His Son Was To Blame
The Register, Friday, December 13th, 2024
ISP deserves criticism too for falling over after script kiddie beefing
This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Ray" who told us about his time working as the network admin for a small US-based pharmaceutical concern, at which he and a sysadmin had implemented an automated nightly backup over a high-speed fiber optic link to a remote location.
Ray is a sensible chap, so he also did two clever things. One was implementing a slower cable internet connection from a different ISP to handle the rest of the employer's traffic. The other was configuring the two links to fail over - so that if one died, the other would pick up the load.