My read on the situation is Yet Another Intermediate Cacheing Fail in storage, 
a well known problem.  Yes, do a pull the power test on your storage so you 
KNOW what's committed...

George William Herbert
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> On Aug 19, 2015, at 5:44 PM, Sean Donelan <s...@donelan.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> As the saying goes, cloud computing is just someone else's computer. Always 
> backup your cloud backups... in your backup.
> 
> Google's spokesperson used the percentage statistic to avoid how
> much data was lost.  Other cloud providers have also lost customer
> data due to various problems.  While a well-run cloud service provider
> is more reliable than keeping data under your mattress (just like a well-run 
> bank is better than keeping cash under your mattress), its
> not magic.
> 
> Nature is still more powerful than even Google.
> 
> 
> http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33989384
> 
> Google says data has been wiped from discs at one of its data centres in 
> Belgium - after it was struck by lightning four times.
> 
> Some people have permanently lost access to their files as a result.
> 

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