FTP delete not atomic / verified / transactional (?)

Based on the latest information on the forum, and suitably small backup set I confirmed this again and now in steps, with restore test between each step.

  1. Compact fails - Restore still works
  2. Backup stops working - Restore still works
  3. Run repair - Restore still works
  4. Run compact again - Now backup is broken.

So it’s exactly like I said in the very first post. Systemic logical error which makes the backups unrestorable.

It’s fixed when it’s fixed. Acknowledged. And it’s exactly as bad trap as I said it would be.

But it’s still interesting why test claims it’s not broken.