{"id":3376,"date":"2012-05-07T19:45:46","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T09:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/?p=3376"},"modified":"2018-12-11T14:34:27","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T04:34:27","slug":"monitoring-vs-troubleshooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/2012\/05\/07\/monitoring-vs-troubleshooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring vs Troubleshooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How much time do your staff take to <em>monitor<\/em> backups?<\/p>\n<p>The answer should be: very little.<\/p>\n<p>Not because they don&#8217;t care, or you&#8217;re not tasking someone with the responsibility, but because your system should be designed such that your staff can see a &#8220;big picture&#8221; overview of all backups in a <em>very short<\/em>&nbsp;period of time. 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