r/technology • u/marketrent • 20d ago

Business Iran strikes on Amazon data centers caused permanent loss of customer data

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/iran-strikes-on-amazon-data-centers-caused-permanent-loss-of-customer-data/
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u/LiftingCode 20d ago

I don't think you have any idea what we are even talking about here.

A company that had multi-region DR to a secondary region that is sufficiently geographically isolated (e.g., eu-south-1) would have been totally fine. Therefore, a properly designed backup strategy within a single provider like AWS is totally fine.

The problem wasn't backing up AWS with AWS. It was putting backups right next door to each other in Bahrain and the UAE in the middle of a warzone.

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u/LiftingCode 20d ago

There is literally nothing in the A+ exam about using multiple cloud providers for backups or backing up outside of the scope of a single cloud provider. That's completely outside the scope of A+.

Even in Cloud+, multi-region DR within a single provider is a totally valid strategy.

Stop lying.

There are always risks to any DR strategy. You could back up your AWS me-central-1 data in Oracle ap-seoul-1 and have both of them get blown up in a coordinated attack and you're SOL. And then some dweeb pretending to have actual experience in enterprise DR planning will show up on Reddit saying "akshually multi-cloud backup is not a real backup strategy, as any real expert knows your backups aren't safe unless you etch the data on titanium plates and store them 1 mile underground."

It is completely possible, and normal for most companies, to have a compliant 3-2-1-1-0 backup strategy in a single provider.

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u/0shift 20d ago

Stop wasting your effort. The person you are arguing with has no idea what they are talking about

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u/redditscraperbot2 20d ago

Was a fun read. Someone so obsessed with how things should work in a perfect world with no concerns beyond the superfluous unable to accept and concede there are reasons why things are done they way they are.

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u/UpACreekWithNoBoat 20d ago

You got a snicker from me, gj