A backup without a restore drill is a hopeful archive. Production teams need proof: time-to-recover, data integrity, and a human who knows which button to press.
The drill loop
- Define RPO/RTO per workload class
- Snapshot or continuous backup into isolated storage
- Restore into a disposable environment on a schedule
- Verify application health and checksum expectations
- Record gaps and fix the automation — not the memory of a hero
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# Example restore smoke check
kubectl -n restore-drill get pods
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