# PostgreSQL Conference US, 2016

DevFeed: [PostgreSQL Conference US, 2016](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/postgresql-conference-us-2016-34657.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tapoueh.org/conf/postgresql-conference-us-2016/>)

Published: 2016-04-17T23:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Dimitri Fontaine](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dimitri-fontaine.md>)

Topics: [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [backups](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backups.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Script](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/script.md>)

Tags: [adoption](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/adoption.md>), [association](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/association.md>), [automated](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automated.md>), [awareness](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/awareness.md>), [backup](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backup.md>), [backups](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backups.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [conference](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/conference.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [recovery](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/recovery.md>), [resources](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/resources.md>), [scripts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scripts.md>), [training](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/training.md>)

## AI overview

This PostgreSQL Conference US 2016 presentation explains why backups should be tested and why automated recovery is more useful than relying only on backup scripts. Its focus is the ability to recover data when a serious failure occurs.

## Source excerpt

You'd better have tested backups explains why you must implement an automated recovery solution rather than merely backup scripts. Noboday cares about backups, as such. What everybody cares about is the actual ability to recover data in case when the worst happens...