# Backups you can actually restore

> A backup nobody has restored is a rumour. We restore on a schedule.

Source: https://naasson.com/en/blog/backups-you-can-restore/
Published: 2026-07-11
Language: en
Product: Naasson Apps (https://naasson.com/en/products/naasson-apps/)
Publisher: Naasson — https://naasson.com

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Every system has backups. Far fewer have backups anyone has restored recently. The
gap between the two is where data loss lives.

Naasson Apps treats a restore as a routine event, not an emergency. Backups are
taken on a schedule, and — more importantly — a restore is exercised on a schedule
too, into a throwaway environment, so that "we have backups" is a tested claim and
not a hopeful one.

When a real restore is needed, it follows a path that has already been walked many
times. The worst moment to discover a backup is unreadable is the moment you need
it; by then it should have been discovered months earlier, quietly, on a Tuesday.