How a Light Bulb Can (Almost) Ruin Your Company 💡

It all started out quite innocently. That simple light bulb on the ceiling was finally going to become a lamp that actually gave off some light. You know how it is: annoying, but no big deal, right? So I grabbed a ladder, screwed in the new bulb—and then, bam! The fuse blew. Darkness. Silence. But the darkness isn’t half as bad until you realize: Our NAS (that brand-new thing we’d bought a few weeks ago) was also hooked up to that fuse. And when the fuse was back in, our NAS was in digital agony—turned off, encrypted, no chance of accessing it anymore. At first we thought, “Okay, we’ll fix this right away.” But then came the shock: The file with our passwords? Exactly—of course it’s on the NAS. And with it, access to:

• Accounting software.
• Bank accounts.
• Servers.
• Contracts and tax documents. Everything gone. Completely. The new NAS, which was supposed to be our safety net, had catapulted us into digital isolation. That moment when you realize: “Maybe that backup generator wasn’t such a bad idea after all.” Days of puzzling and frantic Googling followed. No backup, no clear strategy—we were so sure nothing could go wrong. And then, salvation: We’d created a backup after setting up the NAS, but we’d simply forgotten it existed. So a smart idea from back then ended up saving our *** after all! The office is lit up again, and we have access to our data. But one thing is clear: **This must never happen to us again.** What we learned from this:
• Backups are like insurance. No one thinks about them until you really need them. And by then, it’s often too late.
• Backup strategy: Store data redundantly—not just on a NAS. Ideally, a mix of: _ Local backups (e.g., hard drives). _ Cloud solutions. * Offsite backups. Have you ever experienced a “lightbulb crisis” like this? How do you handle data protection and backups? Further links: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pirmin-bahr-9a7098150_how-a-light-bulb-could-almost-ruin-your-business-activity-7270432686857469952-2H45?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop