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ClickHouse developed WAL-RUS, a Rust-based rewrite of the Go-based WAL-G tool for PostgreSQL backups, to achieve predictable memory usage in resource-constrained environments—reducing peak virtual memory consumption by over 70% while maintaining WAL-G compatibility. This addresses a critical operational challenge where garbage-collected runtimes made capacity planning difficult and forced organizations to over-provision backup infrastructure, directly impacting resources available for database performance. For IT organizations running PostgreSQL at scale, WAL-RUS offers a path to more efficient resource utilization, simplified capacity planning, and reduced operational overhead without requiring application changes.
Backblaze, a popular cloud backup provider, has silently stopped backing up OneDrive, Dropbox, and .git folders without notifying customers—only mentioning the change in release notes as an 'improvement.' This policy change fundamentally breaks their core value proposition of unlimited backup coverage and creates hidden data protection gaps that customers only discover when they need file recovery. The incident highlights critical vendor risk around backup integrity and the dangerous assumption that sync services like OneDrive are equivalent to proper backup with retention policies.