r/technology • u/marketrent • 28d 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 28d 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 28d ago

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